SOLUTION: Hi Could somebody help me or give me guidance on how to answer the questions below please, thanks, Sarah Sam's Takeaway has the opportunity to open a new shop, but is unsure of th

Question 36048: Hi Could somebody help me or give me guidance on how to answer the questions below please, thanks, Sarah
Sam's Takeaway has the opportunity to open a new shop, but is unsure of the demand. Initial estimations are that there is a 80% chance of high demand and 20% chance of low demand.
Sam's Takeaway must choose between a large, medium or small shop. The large shop has the potential to make a profit of �50,000 if there is high demand but a loss of �10,000 if demand is low. The medium shop could make �40,000 or �15,000 depending on whether there is high or low demand, respectively. Whilst, the small shop could yield a �20,000 profit with high demand or �10,000 with low demand.
1 (a) Sam will use the Expect Value Approach, with the probabilities above. Construct a table, in Microsoft Excel to compare the decision alternatives. This table should use formulas where appropriate, and be able to clearly show the �expected value� and also a description of the preferred shop size.
(6 marks)
(b) Sam's Takeaway revises their estimations from 80% high demand and 20% low demand to 70% high demand and 30% low demand Does this change to decision alternative, and if so how?
Answer by Prithwis(166) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the probabilities of each event, as specified in your question.
The probability of high demand for Sam to open a new shop is .80;
The probability of low demand for Sam to open a new shop is .20;
For Large Shop:
Potential profit on high demand is �50,000
Potential loss on low demand is �10,000
Expected value is determined as E = x1.p1 + x2.p2 + ... + xn.pn where xi is the value associated with i-th event and pi is the probability of i-th event.
E (for large shop) = (�50,000)(.8) + (-�10,000)(.2) (-ve value is due to loss)
=> E (for large shop) = �40,000 - �2000 = �38,000 (expected gain);
E (for medium shop) = (�40,000)(.8) + (�15,000)(.2)
=> E (for medium shop) = �32,000 + �3000 = �35,000 (expected gain);
E (for small shop) = (�20,000)(.8) + (�10,000)(.2)
=> E (for small shop) = �16,000 + �2000 = �18,000 (expected gain);
Preferred shop size would be large because it generates the maximum profit.
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You can use the same approach for the revised demand (probabilities will be different based on the revision; one will .7, instead of .8; the other will be .3, instead of .2)

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