-Consider the Spence Education Game depicted in Figure 16.3. In the figure, all payoffs are in thousands of dollars per month. Suppose that 70 percent of all workers are low- productivity (LP) workers and 30 percent are high-productivity (HP) workers. Using pre- employment testing, the firm has determined that there is a 60 percent probability of hiring a high-school (HS) graduate who is also a high-productivity worker and a 75 percent probability of hiring a college (C) graduate who is a high-productivity worker. What is the probability that the firm will hire a high-productivity worker who is a college graduate?
A) 23 percent
B) 39 percent
C) 47 percent
D) 56 percent
E) None of the above.

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-Consider the Spence Education Game depicted in Figure 16.3. In the figure, all payoffs are in thousands of dollars per month. Suppose that 70 percent of all workers are low- productivity (LP) workers and 30 percent are high-productivity (HP) workers. Using pre- employment testing, the firm has determined that there is a 60 percent probability of hiring a high-school (HS) graduate who is also a high-productivity worker and a 75 percent probability of hiring a college (C) graduate who is a high-productivity worker. What is the probability that the firm will hire a high-productivity worker who is a college graduate?
A) 23 percent 
B) 39 percent 
C) 47 percent 
D) 56 percent 
E) None of the above.

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-Consider the Spence Education Game depicted in Figure 16.3. In the figure, all payoffs are in thousands of dollars per month. Suppose that 70 percent of all workers are low- productivity (LP) workers and 30 percent are high-productivity (HP) workers. Using pre- employment testing, the firm has determined that there is a 60 percent probability of hiring a high-school (HS) graduate who is also a high-productivity worker and a 75 percent probability of hiring a college (C) graduate who is a high-productivity worker. What is the probability that the firm will hire a high-productivity worker who is a college graduate?
A) 23 percent 
B) 39 percent 
C) 47 percent 
D) 56 percent 
E) None of the above.

-Consider the Spence Education Game Depicted in Figure 16