Tom is the aerobics coordinator at a fitness center. He needs a more efficient way for his instructors to share information. Class schedules are updated on a regular basis. Instructors need to indicate when they cannot teach a class and other instructors need to be able to sign up to cover the class. Instructors also often attend training classes and learn new procedures. Having a place to share their learning and update procedures will benefit them and their clients. Cindy is taking a business class and told Tom about a great tool that will serve their needs. What was the technology tool Cindy told Tom about

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?