Weighted Mean

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*j

0.00

&OHDUV￿VWDWLVWLFV￿

 

 

PHPRU\￿

￿￿￿0￿￿A

1.00

(QWHUV￿ILUVW￿UHQW￿DQG￿LWV￿

 

 

ZHLJKW￿

￿￿￿0￿￿A

2.00

(QWHUV￿VHFRQG￿UHQW￿DQG￿

 

 

LWV￿ZHLJKW￿

￿￿￿0￿￿A

3.00

(QWHUV￿WKLUG￿UHQW￿DQG￿

 

 

LWV￿ZHLJKW￿

￿￿￿0￿￿A

4.00

(QWHUV￿IRXUWK￿UHQW￿DQG￿

 

 

LWV￿ZHLJKW￿

*E

509.44

&DOFXODWHV￿ZHLJKWHG￿

 

 

PHDQ￿

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