Abby made the following conjecture: The sum of a multiple of 7 and a multiple of 8 will be an odd number. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly justify your decision with a counterexample if
possible.

Disagree. As long as the odd number (7) is multiplied by an even number, the sum of multiples of an odd and even number in general will add to be even.

Step-by-step explanation:

Assume you have a=7 and b=8.

Now there are 4 combinations since there are only two types of numbers: even and odd.

Combination 1 would consist of an ODD amount of multiples of a, and and ODD amount of multiples of b.

     See:  3a + 3b

              3(7) + 3(8) = 45

*Combination 2 would be an EVEN amount of a and an EVEN amount of b.

         2a + 2b

         14 + 16 = 30

HERE, in combination 2, the claim is already debunked.

Combination 3 is an ODD amount of a and an EVEN amount of b

         1a + 2b

        7 + 16 = 21

*Combination 4 is an EVEN amount of a and an ODD amount of b

         2a + 1b

         14 + 8 = 24

HERE, in combination 4, the claim is justified again

.24

step-by-step explanation:

the probability is   .24

the first player had the highest probability of getting a silver marble

the game could be made fair by adding back the marble that was drawn after each draw

required rate of return = 0.166 = 16.6%

step-by-step explanation:

under the capital asset pricing model (capm), the required or expected rate of return for a particular security or asset is given using the formula:

required rate of return = risk-free rate + beta*(market risk premium)

we are given that;

risk-free rate = 4% = 0.04

beta = 1.4

market risk premium = 9% = 0.09

we simply plug these values into the above formula;

required rate of return = 0.04 + 1.4*(0.09)

required rate of return = 0.04 + 0.126

required rate of return = 0.166 = 16.6%