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a. Express the return in terms of X and Y if she invests $30 in the first investment and $70 in the second.
b. Find the mean return and the risk if she invests $30 in the first investment and $70 in the second.
c. Find the mean return and the risk, in terms of K, if she invests $K in the first investment and $(100–K) in the second.
d. Find the value of K that minimizes the risk in part (c).
e. Prove that the value of K that minimizes the risk in part (c) is the same for any correlation 
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