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Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period.
| P0 | Q0 | 
 P1  | 
Q1 | P2 | 
 Q2  | 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 97 | 100 | 102 | 100 | 102 | 
 100  | 
| B | 57 | 200 | 52 | 200 | 52 | 200 | 
| C | 114 | 200 | 124 | 200 | 62 | 400 | 
a. Calculate the rate of return on a
price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period
(t = 0 to t = 1). (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
| Rate of return | ______% | 
b. What will be the divisor for the
price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
| Divisor | _______ | 
c. Calculate the rate of return of the
price-weighted index for the second period (t = 1 to
t = 2).
| Rate of Return | ______% |