The monthly return of a particular stock follows the normal distribution with a mean of 0.01 and a standard deviation of 0.14. Find the probability that the monthly return of the stock will be between -0.02 and 0.05.
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We need to standardize the values of -0.02 and 0.05 using the formula: z = (x - μ) / σ where x is the value we want to standardize, μ is the mean, and σ is the standard deviation. For -0.02: z = (-0.02 - 0.01) / 0.14 = -0.2143 For 0.05: z = (0.05 - 0.01) / Show more…
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