The next year's return on stock X is expected to be either -7% with probability 0.2 or 20% with probability 0.8. Find the stnadard deviation of the returns.

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The next year's return on stock X is expected to be either -7% with probability 0.2 or 20% with probability 0.8. Find the stnadard deviation of the returns.

 

a.12.37% b.11.10% c.12.88% d.11.69% e.10.80%

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