Construction company a is determining whether it should submit a bid for a new shopping center. in the past, their main competitor, construction company b, has submitted bids 80 % of the time. if company b does not bid on a job, the probability that company a will get the job is 0.70 . if company b bids on a job, the probability that company a will get the job is 0.35 .

a. if company a gets the job, what is the probability that company b did not bid?

b. what is the probability that company a will get the job?

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer