A Fashion Designer Wants to Produce a New Line of Clothes

question 65

Short Answer

A fashion designer wants to produce a new line of clothes. In the production of the clothes, expensive, medium-priced, or inexpensive materials can be used. The profits associated with each type of material depend upon economic conditions next year. Below you are given the payoff table. An economist believes that the probability that the economy will improve is 20%, the probability that the economy will stay the same is 70%, and the probability that the economy will get worse is 10%.
a.Compute the expected monetary value for each decision. Which decision is the best?
b.Compute the expected value of perfect information.

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