During the past 10 years, the percent returns on two mutual funds (aggressive and passive) expressed in percentages were as follows: Year -10 -9 8 7 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 Last Year Aggressive Fund 10% 6% 1% 2% 8% 1% 5% 1% 1% 5% Note that this is a sample of returns. a) Compute the expected return for the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Aggressive = Number Passive = Number b) Compute the variance and standard deviation of the returns of the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Variance: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Standard Deviation: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Passive Fund 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 2% 2% 3% 4% 2% % %

During the past 10 years, the percent returns on two mutual funds (aggressive and passive) expressed in percentages were as follows: Year -10 -9 8 7 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 Last Year Aggressive Fund 10% 6% 1% 2% 8% 1% 5% 1% 1% 5% Note that this is a sample of returns. a) Compute the expected return for the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Aggressive = Number Passive = Number b) Compute the variance and standard deviation of the returns of the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Variance: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Standard Deviation: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Passive Fund 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 2% 2% 3% 4% 2% % %

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Chapter3: Data Visualization

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Problem 6P: The file MutualFunds contains a data set with information for 45 mutual funds that are part of the...

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