Instruction 5.5 a Certain Type of New Business Succeeds 60% of the of the Time

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Short Answer

Instruction 5.5
A certain type of new business succeeds 60% of the time. Suppose that three such businesses open (where they do not compete with each other, so it is reasonable to believe that their relative successes would be independent).
-Referring to Instruction 5.5,the probability that all three businesses succeed is______

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Definitions:

Free Cash Flow

The amount of cash generated by a company after accounting for capital expenditures, necessary to maintain or expand the asset base.

WACC

The weighted average cost of capital, a measure of a firm's cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted.

Firm Value

The total value of a company, measured by its market capitalization plus debts, minority interest, and preferred shares, minus total cash and cash equivalents.

Cost of Equity

The return a company theoretically pays to its equity investors to compensate them for the risk they undertake by investing in the stock.