Calculating Returns and Variability You’ve observed the following returns on Mary Ann Data Corporation’s stock over the past five years: 216 percent, 21 percent, 4 percent, 16 percent, and 19 percent.

a. What was the arithmetic average return on Mary Ann’s stock over this five-year period?

b. What was the variance of Mary Ann’s returns over this period? The standard deviation?

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