The Likelihood of Company A's Stock Price Rising Is 20

question 29

Multiple Choice

The likelihood of Company A's stock price rising is 20 percent,and the likelihood of Company B's stock price rising is 30 percent.Assume that the returns of Company A and Company B stock are independent of each other.The probability that the stock price of at least one of the companies will rise is _______.

• A)6%
• B)10%
• C)44%
• D)50%

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Definitions:

Sideways

In the context of chemistry or physics, this term does not have a specific technical meaning. NO.

Carbon-Carbon

Refers to bonds between carbon atoms, fundamental in organic chemistry, forming the backbone of organic molecules.

σ Bonds

The strongest type of covalent chemical bond formed by the head-on overlap of atomic orbitals, featuring a symmetrical distribution of electron density along the axis of the bond.

Pi Bonds

Covalent chemical bonds formed by the side-by-side overlap of p-orbitals, allowing electron density to be shared in regions above and below the bond axis.