SOLUTION: . The return on investment earned by Atkins Construction Company for four successive years was: 30 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent, and 200 percent. What is the geometric mean ra

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Question 1190734: . The return on investment earned by Atkins Construction Company for four successive years
was: 30 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent, and 200 percent. What is the geometric mean rate of
return on investment?

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The return on investment earned by Atkins Construction Company for four successive years
was: 30 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent, and 200 percent. What is the geometric mean rate of
return on investment?
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The multiplicative growth coefficients in successive four years are 1.3, 1.2, 1.4 and 3.


The geometric mean multiplicative growth coefficient in four years is, therefore, 


    root%284%2C+1.3%2A1.2%2A1.4%2A3%29 = root%284%2C+6.552%29 = 1.5999, or  1.6  (rounded).


It means that geometric mean rate of return is 60% per year.    ANSWER

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