On December 31, a company needed to estimate its ending inventory to prepare its fourth quarter financial statements. The following information is currently available: Inventory as of October 1: $12,500 Net sales for fourth quarter: $40,000 Net purchases for fourth quarter: $27,500 This company typically achieves a gross profit ratio of 15%. Ending Inventory under the gross profit method would be:

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.