Exhibit 20-5 Below You Are Given a Payoff Table Involving Three States

question 51

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 20-5
Below you are given a payoff table involving three states of nature and three decision alternatives. The probability of occurrence of S₁ is 0.2 and the probability of occurrence of S₂ is 0.3.
-Refer to Exhibit 20-5. The expected value of alternative C is

• A)30
• B)6.5
• C)5.7
• D)5.5

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