A company recently announced that it would be going public. The usual suspects, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs will be the lead underwriters. The value of the company has been estimated to range from a low of $5billion to a high of $100billion, with $45billion being the most likely value. If there is a 20% chance that the price will be at the low end, a 10% chance that the price will be at the high end, and a 70% chance that the price will be in the middle, what value should the owner expect the company to price at? a. 66.0.

b. 49.5.

c. 48.0.

d. 38.5.

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Molly Frye

Business

20 September, 05:08

A company recently announced that it would be going public. The usual suspects, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs will be the lead underwriters. The value of the company has been estimated to range from a low of $5billion to a high of $100billion, with $45billion being the most likely value. If there is a 20% chance that the price will be at the low end, a 10% chance that the price will be at the high end, and a 70% chance that the price will be in the middle, what value should the owner expect the company to price at? a. 66.0.

b. 49.5.

c. 48.0.

d. 38.5.

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Jazlyn Solis · Answer 1

42.5

Explanation:

The computation of the expected value is shown below:

= Low price range * chance percentage + high price range * chance percentage + most likely price range * chance percentage

= $5 billion * 20% + $100 billion * 10% + $45 billion * 70%

= $1 + $10 + $31.5

= 42.5

Basically we multiplied each one with its chance percentage