Alberta owns 100 shares of stock of abc company, and bobby owns 200 shares of the same stock. if abc company pays a $5 dividend to all stockholders with a record date of friday, june 15,
a. alberta will receive the same amount as bobby if they owned the stock two business days before the record date.
b. both will receive the dividend as long as they sell their stock three days before the record date.
c. alberta will receive half as much as bobby if they owned the stock two business days before the record date.
d. both will receive the dividend if they bought the stock on the record date.
e. alberta and bobby will receive the same amount if they bought the shares at least one month before the record date.

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?