SCENARIO 5-8 Two Different Designs on a New Line of Winter Jackets

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SCENARIO 5-8
Two different designs on a new line of winter jackets for the coming winter are available for your manufacturing plants.Your profit (in thousands of dollars)will depend on the taste of the consumers when winter arrives.The probability of the three possible different tastes of the consumers and the corresponding profits are presented in the following table.

-Referring to Scenario 5-8,what is the covariance of the profits from the two different designs?

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Definitions:

Sales

Revenue generated from the selling of goods or services within a specific period.

Equity Multiplier

A financial leverage ratio that measures the proportion of a company's assets that are financed by shareholder's equity.

Times Interest Earned

A financial ratio that measures a company's ability to meet its interest obligations, calculated as earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) divided by interest expenses.

Interest Expense

The cost incurred by an entity for borrowed funds, reflected in its income statement.