You’ve observed the following returns on Pine Computer’s stock over the past five years: 13 percent, −13 percent, 20 percent, 25 percent, and 10 percent.   a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company’s stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) b-1. What was the variance of the company’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)                  a. Average return   % b-1. Variance     b-2. Standard deviation   %

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You’ve observed the following returns on Pine Computer’s stock over the past five years: 13 percent, −13 percent, 20 percent, 25 percent, and 10 percent.

 

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What was the arithmetic average return on the company’s stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.)

b-1. What was the variance of the company’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.)
b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  
    

 
 
 
 
 
a. Average return   %
b-1. Variance    
b-2. Standard deviation   %
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