MacDonald Products, Inc., of Clarkson, New York,has the option of (a) proceeding immediately with production ofa new top-of-the-line stereo TV that has just completed prototypetesting or (b) having the value analysis team complete a study. IfEd Lusk, VP for operations, proceeds with the existing prototype(option a), the firm can expect sales to be 100,000 units at $550each, with a probability of .6, and a .4 probability of 75,000 at$550. If, however, he uses the value analysis team (option b), thefirm expects sales of 75,000 units at $750, with a probability of .7,and a .3 probability of 70,000 units at $750. Value analysis, at acost of $100,000, is only used in option b. Which option has thehighest expected monetary value (EMV)?

MacDonald Products, Inc., of Clarkson, New York,has the option of (a) proceeding immediately with production ofa new top-of-the-line stereo TV that has just completed prototypetesting or (b) having the value analysis team complete a study. IfEd Lusk, VP for operations, proceeds with the existing prototype(option a), the firm can expect sales to be 100,000 units at $550each, with a probability of .6, and a .4 probability of 75,000 at$550. If, however, he uses the value analysis team (option b), thefirm expects sales of 75,000 units at $750, with a probability of .7,and a .3 probability of 70,000 units at $750. Value analysis, at acost of $100,000, is only used in option b. Which option has thehighest expected monetary value (EMV)?

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