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Holup, Inc., makes pneumatic equipment. The beta of Holup's stock is 1.2. The expected market risk premium is 8.5 percent, and the current risk-free rate is 6 percent. Assume the capital-asset-pricing model holds. What is the expected return on Holup's stock?

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