THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 178

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The joint probabilities shown in a table with two rows,A₁ and A₂,and two columns,B₁ and B₂ are as follows: P(A₁ ∩ B₁) = 0.10,P(A₁ ∩ B₂) = 0.30,P(A₂ ∩ B₁) = 0.05,P(A₂ ∩ B₂) = 0.55
-What is P(B₁) ?

• A)0.40
• B)0.60
• C)0.15
• D)0.85

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Market Rate

The prevailing interest rate available in the marketplace for securities or loans of a similar risk and maturity.

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Interest Rate

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Premium

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