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Expected return and standard deviation A game of chance offers the following odds and payoffs. Each play of the game costs $100, so the net profit per play is the payoff less $100.

Chapter 7, Problem 7PS, Expected return and standard deviation A game of chance offers the following odds and payoffs. Each

What are the expected cash payoff and expected rate of return? Calculate the variance and standard deviation of this rate of return. (Do not make the adjustment for degrees of freedom described in footnote 15.)

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