A particular shoe franchise knows that its stores will not show a profit unless they gross over $940,000 per year. Let A be the event that a new store grosses over $940,000 its first year. Let B be the event that a store grosses over $940,00 its second year. The franchise has an administrative policy of closing a new store if it does not show a profit in either of the first 2 years. The accounting office at the franchise provided the following information: 63% of all the franchise stores show a profit the first year; 77% of all the franchise stores show a profit the second year (this includes stores that did not show a profit the first year); however, 81% of the franchise stores that showed a profit the first year also showed a profit the second year. Compute the following. (Enter your answers to four decimal places.) (a)    P(A)(b)    P(B)(c)    P(B | A)(d)    P(A and B)(e)    P(A or B)

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A particular shoe franchise knows that its stores will not show a profit unless they gross over $940,000 per year. Let A be the event that a new store grosses over $940,000 its first year. Let B be the event that a store grosses over $940,00 its second year. The franchise has an administrative policy of closing a new store if it does not show a profit in either of the first 2 years. The accounting office at the franchise provided the following information: 63% of all the franchise stores show a profit the first year; 77% of all the franchise stores show a profit the second year (this includes stores that did not show a profit the first year); however, 81% of the franchise stores that showed a profit the first year also showed a profit the second year. Compute the following. (Enter your answers to four decimal places.)

(a)    P(A)


(b)    P(B)


(c)    P(B | A)


(d)    P(A and B)


(e)    P(A or B)
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