A Chance Node on a Decision Tree Has Four Possible

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Short Answer

A chance node on a decision tree has four possible outcomes, each worth $100,000.The probabilities of the outcomes occurring are assessed as 10%, 27%, 43%, and 20%.What is the expected value of this chance node? ____________________

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