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

question 101

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,what is the opportunity loss of spending 16 hours per week on average studying for the exam when the exam turns out to be easy?

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Definitions:

Normal Production

Denotes the expected volume of production achieved under standard operating conditions, without unusual increases or decreases.

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials and the expected cost, indicating how effectively a company is managing its raw material costs.

Accounts Payable

The amount a company owes to its suppliers or creditors for goods or services received that have not yet been paid for.

Work in Process

Products that are in the middle of the production process but are not yet finished.