Calculating short position cash flows and returns. Assume that an investor short-sells 500 shares of stock at a price of 85 a share, making a 50 percent margin deposit. A year later, she repurchases...

Calculating short position cash flows and returns. Assume that an investor short-sells 500 shares of stock at a price of
85 a share, making a 50 percent margin deposit. A year later, she repurchases the borrowed shares at
50 a share.

a. How much of her money did the short-seller have to put up to make this transaction?

b. How much money did the investor make, or lose, on this transaction?

c. What rate of return did she make on her invested capital (see part a)?