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Miramar Co. is going to introduce one of three new products: a widget, a hummer, or a nimnot. The market conditions (favorable, stable, or unfavorable) will determine the profit or loss the company realizes as shown in the following payoff table:

Product favorable (0.2) Stable (0.7) Unfavorable (0.1)

Widget 120,000 70,000 -30,000

Hummer 60,000 40,000 20,000

Nimnot 35,000 30,000 30,000

A. Compute the expected value for each decision and select the best one.

B. Develop the opportunitiy loss table and compute the expected opportunity loss for each product.

C. Determine how much the firm would be willing to pay to a market research firm to gain better information about future market conditions.

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