Last Year,you Purchased a Stock at a Price of $47

question 45

Multiple Choice

Last year,you purchased a stock at a price of $47.10 a share.Over the course of the year,you received $2.40 per share in dividends while inflation averaged 3.4 percent.Today,you sold your shares for $49.50 a share.What is your approximate real rate of return on this investment?

• A)6.30 percent
• B)6.79 percent
• C)7.18 percent
• D)9.69 percent
• E)10.19 percent

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