Suppose you make a 2-year investment of $100,000 and it grows by 100% to $200,000 during the first year. During the second year, however, the investment suffers a 50% loss, from $200,000 back to $100,000. Calculate the geometric mean return rate.      0%     15%     25%     18%

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  1. Suppose you make a 2-year investment of $100,000 and it grows by 100% to $200,000 during the first year.

    During the second year, however, the investment suffers a 50% loss, from $200,000 back to $100,000.

    Calculate the geometric mean return rate. 

       

    0%

       

    15%

       

    25%

       

    18%

     

 

QUESTION 5

A mutual fund salesperson has arranged to call on three people tomorrow. Based on past experience, the salesperson knows there is a 20% chance of closing a sale on each call. Below is the probability distribution of the number of sales. Determine the Expected number of sales the salesperson will make.

Random Variable X = # sales  P(X) 
3 0.08
2 0.096
1 0.384
0 0.512
   

a) 0.816

   

b) 0.716

   

c) 0.616

   

d) 0.516

 

  

QUESTION 6

 

A random variable is a function or rule that assigns a number to each outcome of an experiment.

 

 True

 False

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