Zynex Co manufactures a range of electronic devices, which it sells to online storesand retail outlets. It has a risk-seeking attitude and its objective is to maximise profit.Six months ago it released a new version of its smartphone, the ZV. Zynex Co's mainsmartphone competitor has announced that it will launch a new version of itssmartphone in one month's time and Zynex Co is concerned about the effect of thelaunch of this rival product on future demand for the ZV.For each of the previous ten smartphones launched by its competitors, Zynex Co'smarketing team has analysed the impact on Zynex Co's sales performance. Thisdata was retained specifically for the purpose of forecasting future demand of ZynexCo's smartphones and is stored in the company's financial database. Based on thisanalysis, the marketing team has identified three possible outcomes for the impacton the demand of the ZV: a small decrease, a medium decrease and a largedecrease.Production volumes for the ZV need to be adjusted, and based on the potentialchanges in demand, Zynex Co has determined four production volumes. Thefollowing pay-off table has been produced showing the possible profits which can beearned:Production volumes (units)150,000200,000250,000300,000DemandProbability$'000$'000$'000$'000Small0.52,000decrease2,8003,2003,400Medium0.3decrease1,0001,1001,5001,200Largedecrease0.29001,0007006003 Help/Formulae Sheet Elag for ReviewBased on the minimax regret decision rule, which production volume would Zynex Co choose?300,000 units200,000 unitsⒸ250,000 units150,000 units

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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