Question: Average trade time in Ameritrade is 2 second. Ameritrade has promised its customers if trade time exceeds 10 second it is free (a $9.99 cost
Average trade time in Ameritrade is 2 second. Ameritrade has promised its customers if trade time exceeds 10 second it is free (a $9.99 cost saving for the customer.) There are 120000 average daily trades.
1. What is the probability that no customer gets free trade?
The potential answers are:
A: 98.77%
B: 97.65%
C: 96.43%
D: 98.57%
E: 99.33%
2. What is the daily cost of this policy to Ameritrade?
The potential answers are:
A: $32357
B: $20295
C: $53755
D: $25200
E: $8077
3. What would be the cost of the policy when the trade is free if the rate time exceeds 5 seconds ? (a 50% improvement in service.)
The potential answers are:
A: $98403
B: $209285
C: $284605
D: $210995
E: $231477
4. The new daily cost to Ameritrade (due to 50% improvement in service) is how many times of the original cost?
The potential answers are:
A: 9.02 times.
B: 12.18 times.
C: 5.29 times.
D: 8.37 times.
E: 8.17 times.
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