The stock market in Mexico reported weak returns in 2011. The population of stocks earned a mean

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The stock market in Mexico reported weak returns in 2011. The population of stocks earned a mean return of -3.8% in 2011. (Data extracted from USA Today, January 3, 2012, p. 2B.) Assume that the returns for stocks on the Mexican stock market were distributed as a normal random variable, with a mean of -3.8 and a standard deviation of 20. If you selected a random sample of 16 stocks from this population, what is the probability that the sample would have a mean return.
a. Less than 0?
b. Between -10 and 10?
c. Greater than 10? Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
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