Last Year,you Earned a Rate of Return of 12

question 36

Multiple Choice

Last year,you earned a rate of return of 12.37 percent on your bond investments.During that time,the inflation rate was 3.6 percent.What was your real rate of return?

• A)6.30 percent
• B)7.60 percent
• C)7.75 percent
• D)8.47 percent
• E)8.70 percent

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