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(b) Use the results of part (a) to compute the sample mean, variance, and standard deviation forxand fory. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

(b) Use the results of part (a) to compute the sample mean, variance, and standard deviation forxand fory. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

x y
x
s2
s

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Do bonds reduce the overall risk of an investment portfolio? Letxbe a random variable representing annual percent return for Vanguard Total Stock Index (all stocks). Letybe a random variable representing annual return for Vanguard Balanced Index (60% stock and 40% bond). For the past several years, we have the following data.
x: 37 0 31 15 22 18 31 11 20 18
y: 28 8 28 23 22 25 11 8 3 2
(a) Computex,x2,y,y2.
x is 105 x2 is 5169
y is 116 y2 is 34688

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