Blossom's Flowers Purchases Roses for Sale for Valentine's Day

question 61

Multiple Choice

Blossom's Flowers purchases roses for sale for Valentine's Day.The roses are purchased for $10 a dozen and are sold for $20 a dozen.Any roses not sold on Valentine's Day can be sold for $5 per dozen.The owner will purchase 1 of 3 amounts of roses for Valentine's Day: 100,200,or 400 dozen roses.Given 0.2,0.4,and 0.4 are the probabilities for the sale of 100,200,or 400 dozen roses,respectively,then the EVPI for buying roses is

• A)$700
• B)$1,500
• C)$1,900
• D)$2,600

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Definitions:

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Probability Distribution

A mathematical function representing the complete set of possible values and their chances of occurrence for a random variable within a certain limit.

Binomial Random Variable

A type of random variable that arises from processes that consist of a fixed number of trials, each of which leads to a binary outcome (success or failure).

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points around their mean.