The rates of return on Cherry Jalopies, Incorporated, stock over the last five years were 25 percent, 11 percent, -7 percent, 6 percent, and 11 percent. Over the same period, the returns on Straw Construction Company's stock were 16 percent, 22 percent, -4 percent, 4 percent, and 14 percent. Calculate the variances and the standard deviations for Cherry and Straw. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your variance as a decimal rounded to 5 decimal places. Enter your standard deviation as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Variance Standard deviation Cherry % Straw %

The rates of return on Cherry Jalopies, Inc., stock over the last five years were 23 percent, 11 percent, -5 percent, 7 percent, and 10 percent. Over the same period, the returns on Straw Construction Company's stock were 16 percent, 24 percent, -6 percent, 2 percent, and 16 percent. Calculate the variances and the standard deviations for Cherry and Straw. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your variance as a decimal rounded to 5 decimal places. Enter your standard deviation as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Cherry 83.72000 X Straw 117.80000 X Variance Standard deviation 9.15 % 10.85 %

You've observed the following returns on SkyNet Data Corporation's stock over the past five years: 15 percent, -6 percent, 18 percent, 14 percent, and 10 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) b-1. What was the variance of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Average return b-1. Variance b-2. Standard deviation 10.2 % 72.16000 8.49 %

You’ve observed the following returns on SkyNet Data Corporation’s stock over the past five years: 11 percent, –10 percent, 19 percent, 18 percent, and 10 percent.   a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) b-1. What was the variance of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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You’ve observed the following returns on Yasmin Corporation’s stock over the past five years: 15 percent, –6 percent, 18 percent, 14 percent, and 10 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) Average return             % b-1 What was the variance of the company's stock returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., 32.16161.) Variance             b-2 What was the standard deviation of the company's stock returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Standard deviation             %

You've observed the following returns on Pine Computer's stock over the past five years: 15 percent, -15 percent, 17 percent, 27 percent, and 10 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) b-1. What was the variance of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

The last four years of returns for a stock are as shown here: E a. What is the average annual return? b. What is the variance of the stock's returns? c. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns? Note: Notice that the average return and standard deviation must be entered in percentage format. The variance must be entered in decimal format. ..... Data table (Click on the icon located on the top-right corner of the data table below in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year 1 2 3 4 Return - 4.3% + 27.9% + 12.3% + 3.6%

You've observed the following returns on Pine Computer's stock over the past five years: 10 percent, -10 percent, 17 percent, 22 percent, and 10 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) b-1. What was the variance of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., 16161.) b-2. What was the standard deviation of the company's returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Average return b-1. Variance b-2. Standard deviation % %

The last four years of returns for a stock are as shown here: a. What is the average annual return? b. What is the variance of the stock's returns? c. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns? Note: Notice that the average return and standard deviation must be entered in percentage format. The variance must be entered in decimal format. Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year 4 Return +3.51% 1 - 4.17% 2 +27.82% 3 + 11.88% X