Question 6 The Wall Street Journal reported that almost all the major stock market indexes had posted strong gains in the last 12 months ("What's Hot...and Not," The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2014, C3). The one year return for the S&P 500, a group of 500 very large companies, was approximately +27%. The one year return in the Russell 2000, a group of 2000 small companies, was approximately +52%. Historically, the one-year returns are approximately normal. The standard deviation in the S&P500 returns is approximately 20%, and in the Russell 2000 the standard deviation is approximately 35%. a. What is the probability that a stock in the S&P500 gained 30% or more in the last year? Gained 60% or more in the last year? b. What is the probability that a stock in the S&P500 lost money in the last year? Lost 30% or more? Repeat (a) and (b) for a stock in the Russell 2000.

State whether the data described below are discrete or continuous, and explain why. The durations of movies in minutes ... Choose the correct answer below. A. The data are continuous because the data can take on any value in an interval. B. The data are discrete because the data can take on any value in an interval. OC. The data are discrete because the data can only take on specific values. O D. The data are continuous because the data can only take on specific values.

2.6.5 Find the domain of the function. f(x) = x2 – 10x – 14 What is the domain of f? O A. (-0,00) B. (- 0,14)U(14,00) Oc. (-0,0)U(0,00) O D. (-0,0)U(0,14)U(14,00)

2. (AKS 36) Which of the following tables does not represent a function? A. B. -9 -5 -9 2. -9 -1 -1 6. 2. 2. -9 -2 -9 -2 -5 -2 2-5 9. 24 1.