document.write( "Question 848021: he Board of Directors of Bidwell Valve Company have made the following estimates for the upcoming year’s annual earnings
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\n" ); document.write( "P(earnings lower than this year) = .30
\n" ); document.write( "P(earnings the same as this year) = .50
\n" ); document.write( "P(earnings higher than this year) = .20
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\n" ); document.write( "After talking with union leaders, the personnel department has drawn the following conclusions:
\n" ); document.write( "P(union will request wage increase/lower earnings next year) = .25
\n" ); document.write( "P(union will request wage increase/same earnings next year) = .40
\n" ); document.write( "P(union will request wage increase/higher earnings next year) = .90
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\n" ); document.write( "Calculate the following probabilities:
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\n" ); document.write( "The company will earn the same as this year and the union will request a wage increase
\n" ); document.write( "The company will have higher earnings next year and the union will not request a wage increase.
\n" ); document.write( "The union will request a wage increase regardless of the company’s profit next year.
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\n" ); document.write( " The company will have higher earnings next year and the union will not request a wage increase.\".20%2A.10\"
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