The central limit order book of Air Liquide, a French Firm that trades on the Paris Bourse, is currently as follows:

a. Vincent Jacquet wishes to buy 1,500 shares and enters a market order to buy those shares. At what price will Jacquet buy the shares?
b. Suppose Vincent Jacquet had instead wanted to sell 1,000 shares of Air Liquide that he already had in his investment portfolio. At what price will he sell those shares?

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Sell Orders Buy Orders Quantity 500 Limit 151 150 149 147 146 Limit 145 143 142 141 140 Quantity 500 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 500 500