A real estate investor has the opportunity to purchase land currently zoned as residential. If the county board approves a request to rezone the property as commercial within the next year, the investor will be able to lease the land to a large discount firm that wants to open a new store on the property. However, if the zoning change is not approved, the investor will have to sell the property at a loss. Profits (in thousands of dollars) are shown in the following payoff table:     State of Nature   Rezoning Approved Rezoning Not Approved Decision Alternative s1 s2 Purchase, d1 600 -200 Do not purchase, d2 0 0     (a) If the probability that the rezoning will be approved is 0.5, what decision is recommended?   Recommended Decision:        What is the expected profit? Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $200 thousands should be entered as 200,000.

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A real estate investor has the opportunity to purchase land currently zoned as residential. If the county board approves a request to rezone the property as commercial within the next year, the investor will be able to lease the land to a large discount firm that wants to open a new store on the property. However, if the zoning change is not approved, the investor will have to sell the property at a loss. Profits (in thousands of dollars) are shown in the following payoff table:

 

  State of Nature
  Rezoning Approved Rezoning Not Approved
Decision Alternative s1 s2
Purchase, d1 600 -200
Do not purchase, d2 0 0

 

 

(a) If the probability that the rezoning will be approved is 0.5, what decision is recommended?
  Recommended Decision: 
   
  What is the expected profit? Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $200 thousands should be entered as 200,000.
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