Wei Inc Is Considering a Capital Budgeting Project That Has an an Expected

question 39

Multiple Choice

Wei Inc. is considering a capital budgeting project that has an expected return of 25% and a standard deviation of 30%. What is the project's coefficient of variation?

• A) 1.20
• B) 1.26
• C) 1.32
• D) 1.39
• E) 1.46

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