ph Biggs owns his own ice cream truck and lives iles from a Florida beach resort. The sale of his products is highly dependent on his location and on weather. At the resort, his profit will be $120 per day in fair weather, $10 per day in bad weather. At e, his profit will be $80 in fair weather and $50 in bad weather. Assume that on any particular day, the her service ests a 30% chance of foul weather. he correct decision tree for Joseph is shown in Figure 3 maximize the return, for selling ice cream, Joseph's decision should be to use the ected monetary value for Joseph = $ (enter your answer as a whole number). FIGURE 3 87 resort home 87 71 Fair(0.70) Foul(0.30) Fair(0.70) Foul(0.30) 120 10 80 50
ph Biggs owns his own ice cream truck and lives iles from a Florida beach resort. The sale of his products is highly dependent on his location and on weather. At the resort, his profit will be $120 per day in fair weather, $10 per day in bad weather. At e, his profit will be $80 in fair weather and $50 in bad weather. Assume that on any particular day, the her service ests a 30% chance of foul weather. he correct decision tree for Joseph is shown in Figure 3 maximize the return, for selling ice cream, Joseph's decision should be to use the ected monetary value for Joseph = $ (enter your answer as a whole number). FIGURE 3 87 resort home 87 71 Fair(0.70) Foul(0.30) Fair(0.70) Foul(0.30) 120 10 80 50
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![Joseph Biggs owns his own ice cream truck and lives
30 miles from a Florida beach resort. The sale of his products is highly dependent on his location and on
the weather. At the resort, his profit will be $120 per day in fair weather, $10 per day in bad weather. At
home, his profit will be $80 in fair weather and $50 in bad weather. Assume that on any particular day, the
weather service
suggests a 30% chance of foul weather.
a) The correct decision tree for Joseph is shown in Figure 3
b) To maximize the return, for selling ice cream, Joseph's decision should be to use the
Expected monetary value for Joseph = (enter your answer as a whole number).
FIGURE 3
87
resort
home
87
71
Fair(0.70)
Foul(0.30)
Fair(0.70)
Foul(0.30)
120
10
80
50](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6234176b-ba58-441e-8365-70c7690da2a5%2F082ba6f7-2aaf-484e-93c4-cdc9844d28af%2Fpqqshgb_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Joseph Biggs owns his own ice cream truck and lives
30 miles from a Florida beach resort. The sale of his products is highly dependent on his location and on
the weather. At the resort, his profit will be $120 per day in fair weather, $10 per day in bad weather. At
home, his profit will be $80 in fair weather and $50 in bad weather. Assume that on any particular day, the
weather service
suggests a 30% chance of foul weather.
a) The correct decision tree for Joseph is shown in Figure 3
b) To maximize the return, for selling ice cream, Joseph's decision should be to use the
Expected monetary value for Joseph = (enter your answer as a whole number).
FIGURE 3
87
resort
home
87
71
Fair(0.70)
Foul(0.30)
Fair(0.70)
Foul(0.30)
120
10
80
50
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