An Analyst Is Forecasting Net Income for Excellence Corporation for the Next

question 134

Multiple Choice

An analyst is forecasting net income for Excellence Corporation for the next fiscal year. Her low-end estimate of net income is $250,000, and her high-end estimate is $350,000. Prior research allows her to assume that net income follows a continuous uniform distribution. The probability that net income will be greater than or equal to $337,500 is ________.

• A) 12.5%
• B) 29.6%
• C) 87.5%
• D) 96.4%

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