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question 21

Multiple Choice

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If it is managed efficiently, Luther Industries will have assets with a market value of $100 million, $300, million, or $500 million next year, with each outcome being equally likely. Managers may, instead, engage in wasteful empire building which will reduce the firm's market value by $20 million in all cases. Managers may also increase the risk of the firm, changing the probability of each outcome to 50%, 20%, and 30% respectively.
-If it is managed efficiently,then the expected market value of Luther's assets is closest to:

• A) $300 million
• B) $260 million
• C) $240 million
• D) $280 million

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Definitions:

ANOVA

A statistical method, Analysis of Variance, used to compare the means of three or more samples to understand if at least one sample mean significantly differs from the others.

Hypothesis

A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Test For Equality

A statistical method used to determine if two or more groups have statistically significant differences in means.

Variances

Measures of how much a set of numbers is spread out from their average value, indicating distribution dispersion.