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Wing Foot is a shoe franchise commonly found in shopping centers across the United States. Wing Foot knows that its stores will not show a profit unless they gross over $940,000 per year. Let A be the event that a new Wing Foot store grosses over $940,000 its first year. Let B be the event that a store grosses over $940,000 its second year. Wing Foot has an administrative policy of closing a new store if it does not show a profit in either of the first two years. Assume that the accounting office at Wing Foot provided the following information: 64% of all Wing Foot stores show a profit the first year; 73% of all Wing Foot store show a profit the second year (this includes stores that did not show a profit the first year) ; however, 84% of Wing Foot stores that showed a profit the first year also showed a profit the second year. Compute , if , and . Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. P(A and B) P ( A \text { and } B ) P(A) =0.64P ( A ) = 0.64 P(B) =0.73P ( B ) = 0.73 P(BA) =0.84P ( B \mid A ) = 0.84


A) 0.76
B) 0.87
C) 0.53
D) 0.84
E) 0.54

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