A bank estimates that its profit next year is normally distributed with a mean of 0.9% of assets and the standard deviation of 3% of assets. How much equity (as a percentage of assets) does the company need to be 99.9% sure that it will have positive equity at the end of the year? Ignore taxes. a. 2.19 b. 9.27 x c. 3.09 d. 8.37

A bank estimates that its profit next year is normally distributed with a mean of 0.9% of assets and the standard deviation of 3% of assets. How much equity (as a percentage of assets) does the company need to be 99.9% sure that it will have positive equity at the end of the year? Ignore taxes. a. 2.19 b. 9.27 x c. 3.09 d. 8.37

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Chapter12: Corporate Valuation And Financial Planning

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