Which of the Following Actions Would Result in a Successful

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions would result in a successful tort action by the person or persons wronged? Assume that all persons involved learn these facts.

• A)An accountant accurately prepared the financial statements of a corporation that he knew would be used by a potential investor,Mr.Lam.Lam,relying on the statements,invested $10 000 and lost it all.
• B)Ed became sick from consuming too much alcohol that he had purchased from the store.
• C)When Jed accidentally dropped a board and broke Al's glasses,Al threw a cup at Jed,but Jed saw it coming and moved away in time to avoid being hit.
• D)Mr.Meen wrote a letter to the editor of the Vancouver Sun in which he criticized the mayor of Vancouver.
• E)A store detective stopped Joan after she left the shop because he saw her leave with candy she hadn't paid for.She had slipped the candy into her pocket.He detained her for 20 minutes until the police arrived.

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Definitions:

Regression Slope

Indicates the steepness and direction of the linear relationship between two variables on a regression plot.

Variance

A calculation of how spread out a data set is, determined by the mean of the squared deviations from the average.

Least Squares Estimates

A statistical method used to determine the line of best fit by minimizing the sum of squares of the errors between observed and predicted values.

Slope

In mathematics and statistics, it represents the rate at which a line inclines or declines, showing the change in the dependent variable for a unit change in the independent variable.