Suppose that, on a 3,000-mile New York to Los Angeles flight, United, American, and Southwest flew...

 

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Suppose that, on a 3,000-mile New York to Los Angeles flight, United, American, and Southwest flew a total of 280 empty seats, costing them a total of $143,160. If United had three times as many empty seats as American, how many empty seats did each of these three airlines carry on its flight? United American Southwest empty seats empty seats empty seats Investing: Inverse Mutual Funds Inverse mutual funds, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or category they track, and can thus be used by traders to bet against the stock market. This question is based on the following table, which shows the performance of three such funds as of September 30, 2021. SHPIX (ProFunds Short Small Cap) Year-to-Date Loss (%) 17 RYURX (Rydex Inverse S&P 500) 16 RYCWX (Rydex Inverse Dow) 25 You invested a total of $11,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2021, including an equal amount in RYURX and RYCWX. As of the end of September, your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $1,510. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? SHPIX $ RYURX $ RYCWX $ Suppose that, on a 3,000-mile New York to Los Angeles flight, United, American, and Southwest flew a total of 280 empty seats, costing them a total of $143,160. If United had three times as many empty seats as American, how many empty seats did each of these three airlines carry on its flight? United American Southwest empty seats empty seats empty seats Investing: Inverse Mutual Funds Inverse mutual funds, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or category they track, and can thus be used by traders to bet against the stock market. This question is based on the following table, which shows the performance of three such funds as of September 30, 2021. SHPIX (ProFunds Short Small Cap) Year-to-Date Loss (%) 17 RYURX (Rydex Inverse S&P 500) 16 RYCWX (Rydex Inverse Dow) 25 You invested a total of $11,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2021, including an equal amount in RYURX and RYCWX. As of the end of September, your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $1,510. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? SHPIX $ RYURX $ RYCWX $