Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. During 2003, an auction
house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,371,500. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12,497,500. What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Annual rate of return %
annual rate of return = {[($10,371,500 - $12,497,500) / $12,497,500] / (2003 - 1999)} x 100 = (-0.170114 / 4) x 100 = -4.25%
the annual rate of return refers to how much money you win or loss with an investment during a year. In this case, the investor lost $2,126,000 in 4 years, which resulted in a total loss of 17.01% for the whole period.
Answer: (B.) <u><em>If the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is greater than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good.</em></u>
Explanation:
A producer will only sell goods and services if the consumer is willing to pay as much as the asking price. i.e. The price that the producer is asking. For this to happen the consumer's willingness to pay must be greater than the minimum price.
Therefore , the trade will take place if <u><em>the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is greater than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good.</em></u>
