A startup company selling a board game must decide on the number of products to produce. A board game costs  to make and is to be sold for  Unsold games are worthless. The company estimates that the probability distribution for their product is as follows: Amount Demanded       Probability       (a). Calculate the company’s expected profit if it produces  board games.

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A startup company selling a board game must decide on the number of products to produce. A board game costs  to make and is to be sold for  Unsold games are worthless. The company estimates that the probability distribution for their product is as follows:

Amount Demanded

 

 

 

Probability

 

 

 

(a). Calculate the company’s expected profit if it produces  board games.

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