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?

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions