Consider the following limit order book for FinTrade stock. The last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $$140.$

Limit Buy Orders Limit Sell Orders

Price Shares Price Shares

$ $139\mathrm{.}75700$ $ $139\mathrm{.}80125$

$139\mathrm{.}701,000139\mathrm{.}85125$

$139\mathrm{.}65700139\mathrm{.}90350$

$139\mathrm{.}60200139\mathrm{.}95125$

$138\mathrm{.}65800$

Required:

a$.$ If a market buy order for $125$ shares comes in$,$ at what price will it be filled? $($Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

b$.$ At what price would the following market buy order be filled? $($Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

c$.$ If you were a security dealer, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock?

multiple choice

Increase

Decrease