starting up a custom t-shirt business, and i'm trying to figure out how many logo printing machines to buy. each machine costs 2000 and it has a 80% chance of working when it arrives from china. If I don't have a working machine, ill lose out on 2,000,000 in profit (ignoring the machine cost). How many machines should i buy to get rich as possible

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i'm starting up a custom t-shirt business, and i'm trying to figure out how many logo printing machines to buy. each machine costs 2000 and it has a 80% chance of working when it arrives from china. If I don't have a working machine, ill lose out on 2,000,000 in profit (ignoring the machine cost). How many machines should i buy to get rich as possible?

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