Option 1: Buy insurance Decision: Buy insurance? No fire loss $0 Fire loss? Fire loss -$100,000 p=2 OA0 006 OR0.005

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An engineer decided to make a careful analyss of the cost of fre insurance for a $100,000 home Considenng the followng decision troe, what probability makes the two options favd
oquivalent expected values? Cost values are shown in the decision treo
-$800
Option 1: Buy insurance
Decision:
Buy
insurance?
No fire loss
$0
Fire loss?
Fire loss
-$100,000
p=?
O A.0 006
OB0 005
OC O 007
Transcribed Image Text:An engineer decided to make a careful analyss of the cost of fre insurance for a $100,000 home Considenng the followng decision troe, what probability makes the two options favd oquivalent expected values? Cost values are shown in the decision treo -$800 Option 1: Buy insurance Decision: Buy insurance? No fire loss $0 Fire loss? Fire loss -$100,000 p=? O A.0 006 OB0 005 OC O 007
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