A stock had annual returns of 5.3 percent, −2.7 percent, 16.2 percent, and 13.6 percent over the past four years. Which one of the following best describes the probability that this stock will produce a return of 20 percent or more in a single year?   Less than .5 percent   Less than 1 percent but more than .5 percent   Less than 2.5 percent but more than .5 percent   Less than 16 percent but more than 2.5 percent   More than 16 percent

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A stock had annual returns of 5.3 percent, −2.7 percent, 16.2 percent, and 13.6 percent over the past four years. Which one of the following best describes the probability that this stock will produce a return of 20 percent or more in a single year?

 

Less than .5 percent

 

Less than 1 percent but more than .5 percent

 

Less than 2.5 percent but more than .5 percent

 

Less than 16 percent but more than 2.5 percent

 

More than 16 percent

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