The economy of Pakistan is experiencing lots of fluctuations during the new government. Following information is extracted from a well-known company. State of pakistan economy probability  rate of return Depression  10 10.5% Recession  25 5.9% Normal  45 13% Boom 20 21.1% You are required to calculate the following  What will be the expected return?  Calculate the variance of the above data.  Calculate the standard deviation.

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