Roberta’s brokerage account contains 10 stocks. she has held five of those stocks for over two years, and she purchased the other five stocks in the last six months. all the stocks have risen in value, so she decides to sell one to purchase a car. to receive the best tax treatment for the sale, which stock should roberta sell?

a.
long- and short-term gains are taxed the same, so it doesn’t matter which stock she sells.
b.
she should sell one of the stocks that she’s held for over two years because long-term gains receive preferential tax treatment.
c.
she should sell stocks from each group because long-term gains can be used to offset short-term gains.
d.
it doesn’t matter because preferential tax rates apply only to stocks held for over three years.

The accompanying table shows the numbers of male and female students in a particular country who received bachelor's degrees in business in a recent year. complete parts (a) and (b) below. business degrees nonbusiness degrees total male 189131 634650 823781 female 169539 885329 1054868 total 358670 1519979 1878649 (a) find the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student received a business degree. the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student received a business degree, is nothing. (round to three decimal places as needed.) (b) find the probability that a randomly selected student received a business degree, given that the student is female. the probability that a randomly selected student received a business degree, given that the student is female, is nothing. (round to three decimal places as needed.)

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