Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Suppose the market consists only of Merck (MRK) and Boeing (BA) .Merck stock is trading for $36.70 per share with 2.11 billion shares outstanding while Boeing has 697.5 million shares outstanding and a market capitalization of $38.223 billion.Assume that you hold the market portfolio.
-If you hold 1000 shares of Merck,then the number of shares of Boeing that you hold is closest to:

• A)240 shares.
• B)330 shares.
• C)510 shares.
• D)780 shares.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a statement used in statistical testing that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested against.

Level of Significance

The threshold below which a p-value is considered statistically significant, typically set at 0.05 or 5%, indicating the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.

Point Estimate

A single value (statistic) given as the best guess or most reasonable approximation of a population parameter based on sample data.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of members in a population that exhibit a particular characteristic or attribute.