If $ 1 had been placed in a bank account in the year 1066 and forgotten until now, how much would be in the account at the end of 2026 if the money earned 2 % interest compounded annually? 2 % simple interest? (Now you can see the power of compounding and why inactive accounts are closed after a relatively short period of time.)
If $ 1 had been placed in a bank account in the year 1066 and forgotten until now, how much would be in the account at the end of 2026 if the money earned 2 % interest compounded annually? 2 % simple interest? (Now you can see the power of compounding and why inactive accounts are closed after a relatively short period of time.)
Solution Summary: The author calculates the amount of money in a bank account in the year 2026, when 1 was deposited in it in 1996, and the number of compounding periods per year.
If
$
1
had been placed in a bank account in the year
1066
and forgotten until now, how much would be in the account at the end of
2026
if the money earned
2
%
interest compounded annually?
2
%
simple interest? (Now you can see the power of compounding and why inactive accounts are closed after a relatively short period of time.)
A television network earns an average of $14 million each season from a hit program and loses an average of $8 million each season on a program that turns out to be a flop. Of all programs picked up by this network in recent years, 25% turn out to be hits and 75% turn out to be flops. At a cost of C dollars, a market research firm will analyze a pilot episode of a prospective program and issue a report predicting whether the given program will end up being a hit. If the program is actually going to be a hit, there is a 75% chance that the market researchers will predict the program to be a hit. If the program is actually going to be a flop, there is only a 30% chance that the market researchers will predict the program to be a hit.
What is the maximum value of C that the network should be willing to pay the market research firm? Enter your answer in dollars, not in million dollars.
$ __________
Calculate EVPI for this decision problem. Enter your answer in dollars, not in million…
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