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Chapter 9 problems Seved Help Save & Exit Submit Check my work Consider the following table, which gives a security analyst's expected return on two stocks in two particular scenarios for the rate of return on the market: Market Return Aggressive Stock Defensive Stock 25 points a. What are the betas of the two stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) eBook Aggressive stock Defensive stock Beta 1.80 0.29 [ Print Keterences b. What is the expected rate of return on each stock if the two scenarios for the market return are equally likely to be 4% or 25%? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Aggressive stock Defensive stock Expected Rate of Return 17.0% [ 8.0 % e. What hurdle rate should be used by the management of the aggressive firm for a project with the risk characteristics of the defensive firm's stock if the two scenarios for the market return are equally likely? Also, assume a T-Bill rate of 5%. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Hurdle rate Brow 3 of 10 Next Chapter 9 problems Seved Help Save & Exit Submit Check my work Consider the following table, which gives a security analyst's expected return on two stocks in two particular scenarios for the rate of return on the market: Market Return Aggressive Stock Defensive Stock 25 points a. What are the betas of the two stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) eBook Aggressive stock Defensive stock Beta 1.80 0.29 [ Print Keterences b. What is the expected rate of return on each stock if the two scenarios for the market return are equally likely to be 4% or 25%? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Aggressive stock Defensive stock Expected Rate of Return 17.0% [ 8.0 % e. What hurdle rate should be used by the management of the aggressive firm for a project with the risk characteristics of the defensive firm's stock if the two scenarios for the market return are equally likely? Also, assume a T-Bill rate of 5%. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Hurdle rate Brow 3 of 10 Next