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You are bullish on Telecom stock. The current market price is $40 per share, and you have $8,000 of your own to invest. You borrow an additional $8,000 from your broker at an interest rate of 4.0% per year and invest $16,000 in the stock.



Required:

a. What will be your rate of return if the price of Telecom stock goes up by 6% during the next year? (Ignore the expected dividend.) (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)