An Increase in the Value of an Asset Over the Price

question 34

Multiple Choice

An increase in the value of an asset over the price initially paid for it is a

• A) dividend.
• B) share of stock.
• C) promissory note.
• D) capital gain.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a data set, obtained by adding all the numbers and dividing by the count of numbers.

Normal Random Variable

A variable whose occurrences are distributed according to the normal distribution.

Percentile

A value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percentage of a distribution that is equal to or below it.