Instruction 17-1
a Student Wanted to Find Out the Optimal

question 20

Short Answer

Instruction 17-1
A student wanted to find out the optimal strategy to study for a Business Statistics exam. He constructed the following payoff table based on the mean amount of time he needed to put in every week studying for the course and the degree of difficulty of the exam. From the information that he gathered from students who had taken the course, he concluded that there was a 40% probability that the exam would be easy.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & 16 \text { hours } & 8 \text { hours } & 4 \text { hours } \\\hline \text { Easy Exam } & 40 & 60 & 80 \\\hline \text { Difficult Exam } & 100 & 50 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 17-1,how many possible events are there?

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Definitions:

Vehicle Operating Cost

The recurring expenses associated with using a vehicle, including fuel, maintenance, insurance, and depreciation.

Snow-Day

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Activity Variance

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Other Expenses

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