Arithmetic average return on crash-n-burns stock

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You’ve observed the following returns on Crash-n-Burn Computer’s stock over the past five years: 15 percent, –6 percent, 18 percent, 14 percent, and 10 percent.

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

 Average return                %

b-1 What was the variance of Crash-n-Burn’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., 32.16161.)

  Variance           

b-2 What was the standard deviation of Crash-n-Burn’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  Standard deviation        %

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