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Chapter12: Capital Structure
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The continuously compounded annual return on a stock is normally distributed with a mean of 28% and standard deviation of 30%. With 95.44% confidence, we should expect its actual return in any particular year to be between which pair of values? Hint: Refer to Figure.

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A. −32.0% and 88.0%
B. −20.0% and 88.0%
C. −62.0% and 118.0%
D. −2.0% and 58.0%

 

68.26%
95.44%
99.74%
-30
-20
-1o
+lo
+20
+30
- 50
-30
-10
10
30
50
70
Figure 5.3 The normal distribution with mean 10% and standard deviation 20%.
Transcribed Image Text:68.26% 95.44% 99.74% -30 -20 -1o +lo +20 +30 - 50 -30 -10 10 30 50 70 Figure 5.3 The normal distribution with mean 10% and standard deviation 20%.
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