Series	Arithmetic Mean		Standard Deviation
Small-company stocks	15.9	%	32.8	%
Large-company stocks	12.2		21.1
Long-term corporate bonds	5.4		8.3
Long-term government bonds	5.3		9.6
Intermediate-term government bonds	5.3		4.8
U.S. Treasury bills	4.2		2.7
Inflation	2.2		3.6

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(a) What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for large-company stocks? (Do not include the percent signs (%).Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers.  Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

 Expected Range of returns ___% to _____%

 (b) What about 95 percent of the time? (Do not include the percent signs (%).Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

 Expected Range of returns ___% to ____%

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