What is the standard deviation of the portfolio

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Security F has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 26 percent per year. Security G has an expected return of 17 percent and a standard deviation of 58 percent per year. We form a portfolio composed of 30 percent of security F and 70 percent of security G. If the correlation between the returns of security F and security G is .25, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio?

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