Consider the Following Scenario When Answering the Following Questions

question 20

Multiple Choice

Consider the following scenario when answering the following questions:
Suppose that in an experimental setting,100 students are asked to choose between Gamble A and Gamble B,where:
Gamble A: The student will receive $50 with a 70 percent probability and $100 with a 30 percent probability.
Gamble B: The student will receive $50 with a 50 percent probability,$200 with a 25 percent probability,and $0 (nothing) with a 25 percent probability.
-What is the expected value of Gamble B?

• A) $0
• B) $75
• C) $50
• D) $500
• E) $25

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Definitions:

Dividend Per Share

The amount of dividend that a company pays out to each shareholder per share.

Trading Securities

Financial assets such as stocks and bonds held by an investor with the intent of selling them in the short term to profit from price fluctuations.

Unrealized Gains

Profits that have been achieved on paper due to an investment increasing in value but have not yet been cashed in by selling the asset.

Fair Value

A measurement of the price at which an asset or liability could be exchanged in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.