You’ve observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation’s stock over the past five years: –28.2 percent, 15.8 percent, 34.6 percent, 3.4 percent, and 22.4 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.) c. What was the standard deviation of the 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.)

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You’ve observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation’s stock over the past five years: –28.2 percent, 15.8 percent, 34.6 percent, 3.4 percent, and 22.4 percent.

   
a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.)
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What was the standard deviation of the 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.)

 

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1 -28.2%
2 15.8%
3 34.6%
4 3.4%
5 22.4%
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