Patricia Has at Most $36,000 to Invest in Securities in the Form

question 198

Multiple Choice

Patricia has at most $36,000 to invest in securities in the form of corporate stocks. She has narrowed her choices to two groups of stocks: growth stocks that she assumes will yield a 11% return (dividends and capital appreciation) within a year and speculative stocks that she assumes will yield a 22% return (mainly in capital appreciation) within a year. Determine how much she should invest in each group of stocks in order to maximize the return on her investments within a year if she has decided to invest at least 3 times as much in growth stocks as in speculative stocks.

• A) $9,000 in growth stocks and $27,000 in speculative stocks; maximum return: $6,930
• B) $27,000 in growth stocks and $9,000 in speculative stocks; maximum return: $4,950
• C) $26,000 in growth stocks and $10,000 in speculative stocks; maximum return: $5,060
• D) $27,000 in growth stocks and $9,000 in speculative stocks; maximum return: $6,775

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