Strom Construction made a bid on two contracts. The owner identified the possible outcomes and subjectively assigned
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a. Are these valid probability assignments? Why or why not?
b. If not, what would have to be done to make the probability assignmentsvalid?
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Experimental Outcome Obtain Contract 1 Yes Yes No No Obtain Contract 2 Yes No Yes No Probability 0.15 0.15 0.30 0.25 4
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