Ant Co. has developed a new product, the A-Warren. It is now time to bring the A-Warren productto market. There are two alternatives for Ant-Co either market the product only in the local area, ormarket the product nationally.If Ant Co. rolls out the A-Warren product locally and it is successful, then the company will receive$1.4M from product sales. However, if the local rollout is unsuccessful, then the company will lose$100,000 ($0.1M) due to the costs of advertising.If Ant Co. rolls out the A-Warren product nationally and it is successful, then the company willreceive $3M from product sales. However, if the national rollout is unsuccessful, then the companywill lose $1M due to the costs of advertising.Historically, 40% of Ant Co.'s product rollouts have been successful.What is the most that Ant Co should pay for any information regarding the success of the A-Warrenproduct?$0.00M$0.54MNone of the answers are correct.$1.14M$0.60M

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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