Investment advisors estimated the stock market returns for fourmarket segments: computers, financial, manufacturing, andpharmaceuticals. Annual return projections vary depending onwhether the general economic conditions are improving, stable, ordeclining. The anticipated annual return percentages for eachmarket segment under each economic condition are as follows:

	Economic Condition
Market Segment	Improving	Stable	Declining
Computers	10	2	-4
Financial	8	5	-3
Manufacturing	6	4	-2
Pharmaceuticals	6	5	-1

(a)	Assume that an individual investor wants to select one marketsegment for a new investment. A forecast shows improving todeclining economic conditions with the following probabilities:improving 0.5, stable 0.3, and declining 0.2. What is the preferredmarket segment for the investor?
	- Select your answer-ComputersFinancialsManufacturingPharmaceuticalsItem 1
	What is the expected return percentage? Round your answer inone decimal place.
	Expected Return =  %
(b)	At a later date, a revised forecast shows a potential for animprovement in economic conditions. New probabilities are asfollows: improving 0.5, stable 0.2, and declining 0.3. What is thepreferred market segment for the investor based on these newprobabilities?
	- Select your answer-ComputersFinancialsManufacturingPharmaceuticalsItem 3
	What is the expected return percentage? Round your answer inone decimal place.