You are considering investing in a mutual fund. The fund is expected to earn a return of 15 percent in the next year. If its annual return is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 5.10 percent, what return can you expect the fund to beat 95 percent of the time? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75%.) Expected Return   Type your answer here %

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You are considering investing in a mutual fund. The fund is expected to earn a return of 15 percent in the next year. If its annual return is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 5.10 percent, what return can you expect the fund to beat 95 percent of the time? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75%.)

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