A stock originally purchased exactly $9$ years ago for $$24\mathrm{.}66$ per share is currently valued at $$32\mathrm{.}79$ per share $-$ what is the Geometric Mean Return generated by this investment since its original purchase date $($assume annual compounding$)?$

$3\mathrm{.}22\%$

$3\mathrm{.}17\%$

$-2\mathrm{.}75\%$

$3\mathrm{.}66\%$

$-3\mathrm{.}12\%$

$6\mathrm{.}19\%$

$32\mathrm{.}97\%$