Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: Year Stock Market Return T-Bill...

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Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns fora 5-year period:
Year Stock Market Return T-Bill Return
  Year 1 ? 35.73 3.10
  Year 2 30.10 1.50
  Year 3 15.56 .21
  Year 4 2.38 .06
  Year 5 18.26 .08
a.
What was the risk premium on common stock in each year?(Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Donot round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as apercent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Year   Risk premium
Year 1 %
Year 2 %
Year 3 %
Year 4 %
Year 5 %
b.
What was the average risk premium? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent roundedto 2 decimal places.)
  Average risk premium %
c.
What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Donot round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentrounded to 2 decimal places.)
  Standard deviation %

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Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns fora 5-year period:YearStock Market ReturnT-Bill Return Year 1?35.733.10 Year 230.101.50 Year 315.56.21 Year 42.38.06 Year 518.26.08a.What was the risk premium on common stock in each year?(Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Donot round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as apercent rounded to 2 decimal places.)Year Risk premiumYear 1% Year 2% Year 3% Year 4% Year 5% b.What was the average risk premium? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent roundedto 2 decimal places.) Average risk premium% c.What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Donot round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentrounded to 2 decimal places.) Standard deviation%

Year	Stock Market Return		T-Bill Return
Year 1	?	35.73	3.10
Year 2		30.10	1.50
Year 3		15.56	.21
Year 4		2.38	.06
Year 5		18.26	.08