A Sky resort is studying a half a dozen capital improvement projects. It has allocated shs. 1 million for capital budgeting purposes. The following proposals and associated probability= indexes have been determined. The projects themselves are independent of one another. Project Amount    Profitability A           500000              1.21 B           150000              0.95 C           350000              1.20 D           450000              1.18 E            200000              1.20 F            400000              1.05 a) With strict capital rationing, which of these investments should be undertaken? b) is this an Optimal strategy, Why?

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A Sky resort is studying a half a dozen capital improvement projects. It has allocated shs. 1 million for capital budgeting purposes. The following proposals and associated probability= indexes have been determined. The projects themselves are independent of one another.
Project Amount    Profitability
A           500000              1.21
B           150000              0.95
C           350000              1.20
D           450000              1.18
E            200000              1.20
F            400000              1.05
a) With strict capital rationing, which of these investments should be undertaken?

b) is this an Optimal strategy, Why? 

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