Which Is the Most Accurate Statement

question 254

Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate statement?

• A)The savings and loan associations got into financial hot water in the early 1980s partially because of the low-interest fixed rate mortgages they had given out in the 1950s and 1960s.
• B)There are more savings and loan associations operating today than there were in the early 1980s.
• C)The savings and loan associations began making very risky loans in the late 1960s.
• D)If criminals had not gained control of most savings and loan associations in the early 1980s,very few of them would have faileD.

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Definitions:

Standard Form

Refers to a way of writing numbers to ensure consistency, often as a particular way of writing algebraic equations or complex numbers.

Perfect Square Trinomial

A trinomial expression in the form a^2 + 2ab + b^2 or a^2 - 2ab + b^2, which can be factored into (a + b)^2 or (a - b)^2, respectively.

Difference Of Cubes

A formula expressing the subtraction of two cubed numbers as a product of a binomial and a trinomial, specifically a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2).

Trinomial

A polynomial with three terms, typically of the form ax^2 + bx + c.