What Is the Variance of the Expected Returns on This

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the variance of the expected returns on this stock?
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .40& 15\% \\\text { Normal } & .60 &19 \%\end{array}$

• A)1.21%
• B)1.42%
• C)1.56%
• D)3.84%
• E)4.03%

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