Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

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Essay

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
A landowner is considering a community development project. Even though he realizes that the current market for housing is not very favourable, he believes that there will be an influx of retirees into the area within the next five years. He is trying to decide between two alternatives: (1) building detached homes in a planned retirement community or (2) building a smaller townhouse/condominium complex. Mortgage interest rates will affect his outcomes and the applicable payoff (in $ millions) table is shown below.
-What is the expected value of perfect information?

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Definitions:

Sensory Information

Data that is collected by the senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) and sent to the brain for processing, interpretation, and response.

External World

Everything that exists outside the mind, including physical objects, events, and other people, as perceived through the senses.

Information Processing Model

A cognitive approach that compares human thinking to computer processing, emphasizing the way information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into a form that can be stored in memory.