Melissa Cutt is thinking about buying some shares of EZLawn Equipment, at $$35\mathrm{.}48$ per share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $$51\mathrm{.}63$

over the next $3$ years. During that time she also expects to receive annual dividends of $$3\mathrm{.}53$ per share.

a$.$ What is the intrinsic worth of this stock, given a required rate of return of $12\%?$

b$.$ What is its expected return?

a$.$ The intrinsic worth of this stock is $

$($Round to the nearest cent.$)$