The owner of the Party City Toronto Company must decide among building a megacentre store, building 5 new stores, or leasing 10 of their locations to another company.The profit that will result from each alternative will be determined by whether materialcosts remain stable, increase moderately, or increase significantly. In the payoff tablebelow the estimated profits/losses are given in $thousands.Material CostsStableMegaCentreDecision New StoresLeasingDetermine the best decision using the Maximax decision criterion.2130ModerateIncrease18508405301050940O Decision: Mega Centre based on 2470 = max(2470,1850,1040)O Decision: Mega Centre based on 2130 = max(2130,1850,1040)Decision: Stable based on 2130 = max(2130,1050,1040)O Decision: Leasing based on 2820 = max(190,2750,2820)SignificantIncrease-2470-1501040

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