Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781337099752
Author: E. Thomas Garman, Raymond Forgue
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Yearly After-Tax
Cash Flows
Probability
$10,000
.10
15,000
.20
30,000
.40
45,000
.20
50,000
.10
Find the expected value
Find the standard deviation
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B.) If she expects it to be worth $110k in a year, should she sell now, Why?
C.) At what next year land value would Schmidt be indifferent between selling and holding a year?
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