Construct the decision tree diagram. Answer NA and upload the decision tree in this bin. Blank 1 b)    What is the expected value of this decision? Answer in figure only without comma. Blank 2   c)    What is your decision? Answer either Invest in Site A, Invest in Site B, or Invest on Site C. Blank 3

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a)    Construct the decision tree diagram. Answer NA and upload the decision tree in this bin. Blank 1

b)    What is the expected value of this decision? Answer in figure only without comma. Blank 2  

c)    What is your decision? Answer either Invest in Site A, Invest in Site B, or Invest on Site C. Blank 3  

d)    What is the expected value given perfect information? Answer in figure only without comma. Blank 4  

e)    What is the EVPI? Answer in figure only without comma.  Blank 5  

 

In order to obtain more information about the potential presence of gold, the company has hired a geologist to analyze the soil. Past history indicates that there is a 60% chance that the geologist’s test is positive given the presence of gold, and 35% chance that the test is positive given the absence of any gold.  

 

f) What is the probability that the test is positive? Answer in 3 decimal places. Blank 6

g) What is the probability that gold is present, given test is negative? Answer in 2 decimal places. Blank 7  

h)  What is the probability of the presence of gold given that the geologist’s test yielded a positive result? Answer in 2 decimal places.  Blank 8  

 

 

Strike It Rich is a gold mining company that is attempting to decide whether to invest in a particular site. The cost of mining gold is
60% of the expected revenue. These sites are Site A, B, and C. The probability that the site has gold is 0.50. Below is the expected
revenue of the possible site. Operating Expenses vary from one site to another. Site A's operating expenses is 20%. Site B has 10%
operating expenses and Site C has 25% operating expenses.
Decision
Site A
Site B
Site C
States of Nature
Gold is Present
4,500,000
4,000,000
4,250,000
State of Nature
Gold is not Present
1,250,000
1,000,000
1,300,000
Transcribed Image Text:Strike It Rich is a gold mining company that is attempting to decide whether to invest in a particular site. The cost of mining gold is 60% of the expected revenue. These sites are Site A, B, and C. The probability that the site has gold is 0.50. Below is the expected revenue of the possible site. Operating Expenses vary from one site to another. Site A's operating expenses is 20%. Site B has 10% operating expenses and Site C has 25% operating expenses. Decision Site A Site B Site C States of Nature Gold is Present 4,500,000 4,000,000 4,250,000 State of Nature Gold is not Present 1,250,000 1,000,000 1,300,000
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