Finite Mathematics (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321979438
Author: Margaret L. Lial, Raymond N. Greenwell, Nathan P. Ritchey
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11.2, Problem 3E
Find the optimum strategies for player A and player B in the games in Exercises 3–14. Find the value of each game. (Be sure to look for a saddle point first.)
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Exercise 13-50 (LO13-6)
Mr. William Profit is studying companies going public for the first time. He is particularly interested in the relationship between the size of the offering and the price per share. A sample of 15 companies that recently went public revealed the following information.
Size
Price
Size
Price
($ millions),
per Share,
($ millions),
per Share,
Company
x
y
Company
x
y
1
9.0
10.8
9
160.7
11.3
2
94.4
11.3
10
96.5
10.6
3
27.3
11.2
11
83.0
10.5
4
179.2
11.1
12
23.5
10.3
5
71.9
11.1
13
58.7
10.7
6
97.9
11.2
14
93.8
11.0
7
93.5
11.0
15
34.4
10.8
8
70.0
10.7
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a. Determine the regression equation. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.)
b-1. To determine if the slope of the regression line is positive, state the decision rule for 0.05 significance level: H0: β ≤ 0; H1: β > 0. (Round your answer…
Exercise 13-50 (LO13-6)
Mr. William Profit is studying companies going public for the first time. He is particularly interested in the relationship between the size of the offering and the price per share. A sample of 15 companies that recently went public revealed the following information.
Size
Price
Size
Price
($ millions),
per Share,
($ millions),
per Share,
Company
x
y
Company
x
y
1
9.0
10.8
9
160.7
11.3
2
94.4
11.3
10
96.5
10.6
3
27.3
11.2
11
83.0
10.5
4
179.2
11.1
12
23.5
10.3
5
71.9
11.1
13
58.7
10.7
6
97.9
11.2
14
93.8
11.0
7
93.5
11.0
15
34.4
10.8
8
70.0
10.7
a. Determine the regression equation. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.)
b-1. To determine if the slope of the regression line is positive, state the decision rule for 0.05 significance level: H0: β ≤ 0; H1: β > 0. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
b-2.…
Chapter 11 Solutions
Finite Mathematics (11th Edition)
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