Business, 21.12.2019 04:31 yassinesayedahmad1

General meters is considering two mergers. the first is with firm a in its own volatile industry, the auto speedometer industry, while the second is a merger with firm b in an industry that moves in the opposite direction (and will tend to level out performance due to negative correlation). general meters merger with firm a general meters merger with firm b possible earnings ($ in millions) probability possible earnings ($ in millions) probability $ 45 0.20 $ 45 0.15 50 0.20 50 0.30 55 0.60 55 0.55

a. compute the mean, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation for both investments. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answers in millions. round "coefficient of variation" to 3 decimal places and "standard deviation" to 2 decimal places.)
b. assuming investors are risk-averse, which alternative can be expected to bring the higher valuation? merger b correct

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