Briggs excavation company is planning an investment of $132,000 for a bulldozer. the bulldozer is expected to operate for 1,500 hours per year for five years. customers will be charged $110 per hour for bulldozer work. the bulldozer operator costs $28 per hour in wages and benefits. the bulldozer is expected to require annual maintenance costing $8,000. the bulldozer uses fuel that is expected to cost $46 per hour of bulldozer operation.

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

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