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Haya94

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A mining company is considering two sites on which to dig, described as follows:

Site A:   Profit if diamonds are found: $80 million.
Loss if no diamonds are found: $20 million.
Probability of finding diamonds: 0.2
Site B:    Profit if diamonds are found $100 million.
Loss if no diamonds are found $16 million.
Probability of finding diamonds: 0.1

What is the expected profit for each site?
◦ site A: $16 million; site B: -$4.4 million
◦ site A: $0 million; site B: $10 million
◦ site A: $16 million: site B: $10 million
◦ site A: $0 million; site B: -$4.4 million


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Haya94

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Reply 2 on: Feb 2, 2020
Excellent


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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