Over the past few years, discussions about the viability of the electoral college has taken center stage. we saw this with the election of george w. bush and calls to abolish the electoral college became deafening after the 2016 election. what are the benefits and risks of abolishing the electoral college? do you believe that the electoral college should be abolished? why or why not?

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.