selling short is the selling of stock you do not actually own but promise to deliver. suppose you place an order to sell short $140$ shares of stock x at $$31.$ eventually, your order must be covered. that is$,$ you must sell $140$ shares of stock x at a value of $$31$ per share. if when the order is covered, the value of the stock is less than $$31$ per share, then you make money; otherwise you lose money. suppose that on the day you must cover the sell short order, the price of stock x is $$44$ per share. how much money did you lose?