On One Busy Holiday Weekend, a National Airline Has Many

question 92

Essay

On one busy holiday weekend, a national airline has many requests for standby flights at half of the usualone-way air fare. However, past experience has shown that these passengers have only about a 1 in 5 chance ofgetting on the standby flight. When they fail to get on a flight as a standby, their only other choice is to fly firstclass on the next flight out. Suppose that the usual one-way air fare to a certain city is $142 and the cost offlying first class is $395. Should a passenger who wishes to fly to this city opt to fly as a standby? [Hint: Findthe expected cost of the trip for a person flying standby.]

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