The Grover Corporation is considering the purchase of a large number of chairs being sold by another firm that is going out of business. If these chairs are free of any major defects, the Grover Corporation would make $5,000 by buying and reselling them. On the other hand, if these chairs contain major defects, the Grover Corporation would lose $10,000 by having to repair the defects before selling them. Grover's president believes the probability is 0.9 that these chairs are free of major defects. If the president is interested in maximizing the expected value of her firm's gain, should she purchase the chairs? Why or why not? What is the standard deviation of the firm's gain?

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The Grover Corporation is considering the purchase of a large number of chairs being sold by another firm that is going out of business. If these chairs are free of any major defects, the Grover Corporation would make $5,000 by buying and reselling them. On the other hand, if these chairs contain major defects, the Grover Corporation would lose $10,000 by having to repair the defects before selling them. Grover's president believes the probability is 0.9 that these chairs are free of major defects.