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![Fred wants to hire Barney to manage his retail store. Barney can apply a high level of
effort (at a cost to him of $30), a medium level of effort (at a cost to him of $10), or a
low level of effort (at a cost to him of $0). Fred's profits depend not only on the level
of Barney's effort but also on the state of consumer demand. Fred believes that
demand will be high with probability 50 percent (and therefore demand will be low
with probability 50 percent). Fred has determined the following possible profit levels
(before paying Barney) will occur depending on Barney's effort and the state of
consumer demand:
effort
Demand
low
low
20
medium 40
high 80
Of the choices below, what is the largest percentage range of profit provided to
Barney that would ensure Barney would supply high effort?
any percent greater than 50.00 percent (1/2).
any percent greater than 75.00 percent (3/4).
any percent greater than 66.66 percent (2/3).
high
40
80
100
any percent greater than 83.33 percent (5/6).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5b4fbf6e-8810-434c-ad0b-f7ea3ee043ec%2F0bb0a32a-1016-474b-b432-820e575aafc6%2Fue79ux_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Fred wants to hire Barney to manage his retail store. Barney can apply a high level of
effort (at a cost to him of $30), a medium level of effort (at a cost to him of $10), or a
low level of effort (at a cost to him of $0). Fred's profits depend not only on the level
of Barney's effort but also on the state of consumer demand. Fred believes that
demand will be high with probability 50 percent (and therefore demand will be low
with probability 50 percent). Fred has determined the following possible profit levels
(before paying Barney) will occur depending on Barney's effort and the state of
consumer demand:
effort
Demand
low
low
20
medium 40
high 80
Of the choices below, what is the largest percentage range of profit provided to
Barney that would ensure Barney would supply high effort?
any percent greater than 50.00 percent (1/2).
any percent greater than 75.00 percent (3/4).
any percent greater than 66.66 percent (2/3).
high
40
80
100
any percent greater than 83.33 percent (5/6).
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