Question: Ripken Iron Works faces the following probability distribution:
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State of the Economy
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Probability of State Occurring
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Stock's Expected Return if this State Occurs
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Boom
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0.25
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25%
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Normal
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0.5
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15%
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Recession
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0.25
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5%
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Calculate the coefficient of variation on the company's stock? [Suppose that the standard deviation is calculated using the population statistic.]