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The Following Are Daily Returns for the Dow Jones Industrial

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The following are daily returns for the Dow Jones Industrial average during the week of October 13th 2008.
The returns are rounded to the nearest whole number.
11% -1.00% -8.00% 5.00% -1.00%
a.Calculate the arithmetic mean return.
b.Calculate the geometric mean return.


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