A mining company is considering two sites on which to dig, described as follows: Site A: Profit if diamonds are found: $80 million. Loss if no diamonds are found: $20 million. Probability of finding diamonds: 0.2 Site B: Profit if diamonds are found $100 million. Loss if no diamonds are found $16 million. Probability of finding diamonds: 0.1 What is the expected profit for each site? site A: $0 million; site B: $10 million site A: $16 million: site B: $10 million site A: $0 million; site B: -$4.4 million site A: $16 million; site B: -$4.4 million

A mining company is considering two sites on which to dig, described as follows: Site A: Profit if diamonds are found: $80 million. Loss if no diamonds are found: $20 million. Probability of finding diamonds: 0.2 Site B: Profit if diamonds are found $100 million. Loss if no diamonds are found $16 million. Probability of finding diamonds: 0.1 What is the expected profit for each site? site A: $0 million; site B: $10 million site A: $16 million: site B: $10 million site A: $0 million; site B: -$4.4 million site A: $16 million; site B: -$4.4 million

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Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events

Problem 2C

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