Instruction 17-2
a Student Wanted to Find Out the Optimal

question 35

Short Answer

Instruction 17-2
A student wanted to find out the optimal strategy to study for a Business Statistics exam. He constructed the following payoff table based on the mean amount of time he needed to put in every week studying for the course and the degree of difficulty of the exam. From the information that he gathered from students who had taken the course, he concluded that there was a 40% probability that the exam would be easy.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & 16 \text { hours } & 8 \text { hours } & 4 \text { hours } \\\hline \text { Easy Exam } & 40 & 60 & 80 \\\hline \text { Difficult Exam } & 100 & 50 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 17-2,what is the return-to-risk ratio of spending 8 hours per week on average studying for the exam?

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Definitions:

Yield To Maturity

The total return anticipated on a bond if the bond is held until it matures, considering all interest payments and the repayment of principal.

Discount

The reduction applied to the original price of goods or services, often to encourage sales.

Call Premium

The additional amount a bond issuer must pay over the par value if they wish to redeem the bond before its maturity date.

Time To Maturity

The remaining time until a financial instrument, such as a bond, reaches its date of redemption and the principal amount is repaid to investors.