Suppose You Have Purchased a Non-Refundable Plane Ticket And, at the Last

question 114

Multiple Choice

Suppose you have purchased a non-refundable plane ticket and, at the last moment, you cannot take the trip.You can, however, sell the ticket.If you paid $700 for the ticket, the cost of sending the ticket to someone through overnight mail is $20, and you spend $10 on a courier to get the ticket to the post office for overnight delivery, what is the minimum you should accept for the ticket?

• A)$700 because that is what the ticket cost.
• B)$720 because that is the cost of the ticket and of getting it to the buyer.
• C)$730 because that is the total cost of the ticket and getting it to the buyer.
• D)More than $730, so that you can make a profit.
• E)$30 because the $700 is a sunk cost.

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Definitions:

Continuous

Refers to a type of variable or data that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, computed as the covariance of the variables divided by the product of their standard deviations.

Ordinal

A term referring to a type of data or a scale of measurement where items are ranked in order but the differences between rank positions are not necessarily equidistant.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the degree of association between two variables while holding one or more other variables constant.