A group of medical professionals is considering the construction of a private clinic. If the medical de- mand is high (i.e., there is a favorable market for the clinic), the physicians could realize a net profit of $100,000. If the market is not favorable, they could lose $40,000. Of course, they don’t have to proceed at all, in which case there is no cost. In the absence of any market data, the best the physicians can guess is that there is a 50–50 chance the clinic will be suc- cessful. Construct a decision tree to help analyze this problem.

A group of medical professionals is considering the construction of a private clinic. If the medical de- mand is high (i.e., there is a favorable market for the clinic), the physicians could realize a net profit of $100,000. If the market is not favorable, they could lose $40,000. Of course, they don’t have to proceed at all, in which case there is no cost. In the absence of any market data, the best the physicians can guess is that there is a 50–50 chance the clinic will be suc- cessful. Construct a decision tree to help analyze this problem.

Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction

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ISBN:9781285463247

Author:David Poole

Publisher:David Poole

Chapter2: Systems Of Linear Equations

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