An investment strategy has an expected return of 15 percent and a standard deviation of 9 percent. Assume investment returns are bell shaped. How likely is it to earn a return between 6 percent and 24 percent?

68% of an investment earning a return between 6 percent and 24 percent.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Empirical Rule states that, for a normally distributed random variable:

68% of the measures are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.

95% of the measures are within 2 standard deviation of the mean.

99.7% of the measures are within 3 standard deviations of the mean.

In this problem, we have that:

Mean = 15

Standard deviation = 9

How likely is it to earn a return between 6 percent and 24 percent?

6 = 15 - 1*9

6 is one standard deviation below the mean

24 = 15 + 1*9

24 is one standard deviation above the mean

By the empirical rule, there is a 68% of an investment earning a return between 6 percent and 24 percent.

1 is c

2 is a

3 is a

step-by-step explanation:

the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

the root or roots of a polynomial are the values of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to 0. we can find the roots of a polynomial making the expression equal to 0 and then, isolating the variable (it it has just one variable).

for example, given the following polynomial:

the root or zero of the polynomial, can be found by making the expression equal to 0, and then, isolating the variable, so, finding the root we have:

therefore, we have that the root of the polynomial is equal to 2.

we must remember that the number of roots that a polynomial can have, will depend on the degree of the polynomial, a first degree polynomial have will have one single root, a second degree polynomial (quadratic expression) may have two roots and so.

hence the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

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