Braniff Ground Services Stock Has an Expected Return of 9

question 53

Multiple Choice

Braniff Ground Services stock has an expected return of 9 percent and a variance of 0.25 percent. What is the coefficient of variation for Braniff? Round your final answer to four decimal places.

• A) 0.0278
• B) 0.5556
• C) 1.8001
• D) 36.0002

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Definitions:

Sediments

Particles of soil, sand, or small pieces of rock deposited by water, wind, or ice.

Cone of Depression

A cone-shaped lowering of the water table around a pumping well, due to the removal of groundwater faster than it can be replenished.

Overpumped

A term usually related to groundwater resources, indicating a condition where water is removed from an aquifer at a rate faster than it can be replenished.

Aquifer

An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt) from which groundwater can be extracted.