Scenario 18

Multiple Choice

Scenario 18.1: Curly, Moe, Larry, and Shemp are the four inhabitants of a small island. Moe has 200 gold coins, the only money on the island. He takes the coins to Curly, a goldsmith, for storage and Curly issues Moe a receipt for the 200 coins he has deposited with Curly. Larry comes to Curly to borrow 100 gold coins, signing a legally binding promise to repay the coins, and Curly issues Larry a receipt saying that Larry now has 100 gold coins on deposit. Upon finding out that Larry borrowed gold coins from Curly, Shemp comes to Curly to borrow 200 gold coins. Since Curly has 200 actual gold coins on deposit, he gets Shemp to sign a legally binding promise to repay the 200 coins and then issues Shemp a receipt saying that Shemp now has 200 gold coins on deposit.
-Refer to Scenario 18.1. When Curly made the loans to Moe, Larry, and Shemp, there were 500 coins' worth of receipts, so in total, the receipts were ________ backed by gold.

A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 50%
D) 100%