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question 47

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
Rockwood Industries has 100 million shares outstanding,a current share price of $25,and no debt.Rockwood's management believes that the shares are underpriced,and that the true value is $30 per share.Rockwood plans to pay $250 million in cash to its shareholders by repurchasing shares.Management expects that very soon new information will come out that will cause investors to revise their opinion of the firm and agree with Rockwood's assessment of the firm's true value.
-If Rockwood is able to repurchase shares prior to the market becoming aware of the new information regarding Rockwood's true value,then the number of shares outstanding following the repurchase is closest to:

• A)92 million.
• B)10 million.
• C)75 million.
• D)90 million.

Apply the counting rules for permutations and combinations to calculate possible outcomes.

Utilize the relative frequency and classical methods to assign probability values.

Grasp the concept and applications of Bayes' theorem in computing posterior probabilities.

Determine the sample space size in multiple-step experiments.

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