Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. during 2003, sotheby’s sold the edgar degas bronze sculpture petite danseuse de quatorze ans at auction for a price of $10,311,500. unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12,377,500. what was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

Read the following paragraph, and choose the best revision for one of its sentences.dr. blake is retiring at the end of the month. there will be an unoccupied office upon his departure, and it is big in size. because every other office is occupied, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. it is absolutely essential that this issue is discussed at the next staff meeting. (a) because every other office is occupied, it’s recommended that we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. (b) because every other office is filled, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge.