Ch 08: Assignment - Risk and Rates of Return 20 New SML 15 12 REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN (Percent) 0 0 04 16 20 08 12 RISK (Beta) The SML helps determine thens aversion bovel among investors. The higher the level of rak version, the the slope of the SML Which of the following statements best describes the shape of the SML of investors were not at all risk averse? The SML would be a hozontal line The SML would have a positive slope, but the slope would be steeper than it would be if investors were risk averse The SML would have a negative slope. The SM would have a positive slope, but the slope would be flatter than it would be if investors were visk averse. 1. A sample of 20 cans of tomato juice showed a standard deviation of 0.4 ounces. A 95% confidence interval estimate of the variance for the population is 0.2313 to 0.8533 0.2224 to 0.7924 0.3042 to 0.5843 a b. c. d. 0.0925 to 0.3413