THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The annual percentage returns on two stocks over a 7-year period were as follows:

-Compare the standard deviations of these two population distributions.

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Definitions:

Internal Growth Rate

The maximum growth rate a company can achieve with its existing assets without having to finance growth with external equity or debt.

Retention Ratio

The portion of net income that is retained by a company instead of being paid out as dividends to shareholders, usually expressed as a percentage.

Plowback Ratio

Also known as the retention rate, it refers to the portion of earnings that a company retains and reinvests in its operations rather than distributing as dividends.

Optimistic Assumptions

Assumptions made under the most favorable conditions, often used in forecasting or planning to predict the best-case scenario outcomes.