TABLE 17-6
a Student Wanted to Find Out the Optimal

question 57

Short Answer

TABLE 17-6
A student wanted to find out the optimal strategy to study for a Business Statistics exam. He constructed the following payoff table based on the average amount of time he needed to put in every week studying for the course and the degree of difficulty of the exam. From the information that he gathered from students who had taken the course, he concluded that there was a 40% probability that the exam would be easy.
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | } \hline & \text { 16 hours } & 8 \text { hours } & \text { 4 hours } \\\hline \text { Easy Exam } & 40 & 60 & 80 \\\hline \text { Difficult Exam } & 100 & 50 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 17-6, what is the return-to-risk ratio of spending 8 hours per week on average studying for the exam?

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Definitions:

Business Contracts

Legally binding agreements between two or more parties outlining the terms of business transactions.

Equity

The value of an ownership interest in property, including shareholders' equity in a corporation, representing the residual value to shareholders after debts and liabilities have been settled.

Efficiency

The ability to accomplish or produce a desired result with the minimum amount of waste, effort, or inefficiency.

Trade-Off

A scenario where one characteristic or element is sacrificed to acquire a different characteristic or element.