A new investment bank has decided to invest TK45,000 on stocks, TK12,000 on mutual funds and the rest on bonds out of a total of TK60,000. It is predicting that 73%, 86% and 95% of its stocks, mutual funds and bonds respectively will increase in value after one year.  a) If a randomly selected asset increased in value after a year, what is the probability of it being a bond? b) What is the probability of an asset not being a mutual fund if it did not increase in value after one year?

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A new investment bank has decided to invest TK45,000 on stocks, TK12,000 on mutual funds and the rest on bonds out of a total of TK60,000. It is predicting that 73%, 86% and 95% of its stocks, mutual funds and bonds respectively will increase in value after one year. 

a) If a randomly selected asset increased in value after a year, what is the probability of it being a bond?

b) What is the probability of an asset not being a mutual fund if it did not increase in value after one year?

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