A company has a possible project and has identified the two major areas of risk as being the inflation and the movement in world oil prices. It has calculated various possible NPVs as follows:   Oil price change Decrease Unchanged Increase Demand Probability 0.1 0.3 0.6 Low 0.2 £2m £1m -£4m Medium 0.3 £3m £2m -£1m High 0.5 £6m £5m £2m   What is the probability that the project will have a negative NPV? A)  0.12 B)  0.30 C)  0.36 D)  0.70

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11.  A company has a possible project and has identified the two major areas of risk as being the inflation and the movement in world oil prices. It has calculated various possible NPVs as follows:

 

Oil price change

Decrease

Unchanged

Increase

Demand

Probability

0.1

0.3

0.6

Low

0.2

£2m

£1m

-£4m

Medium

0.3

£3m

£2m

-£1m

High

0.5

£6m

£5m

£2m

 

What is the probability that the project will have a negative NPV?

A)  0.12

B)  0.30

C)  0.36

D)  0.70

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