A local real estate investor in Orlando is considering three alternative investments: a motel, arestaurant, or a theater. Profits from the motel or restaurant will be affected by the availability ofgasoline and the number of tourists; profits from the theater will be relatively stable under anyconditions. The following payoff table shows the profit or loss that could result from eachinvestment. Based on the Maximax criteria, the investor should chooseInvestmentMotelRestaurantTheaterMotelRestaurantO TheaterO Any of the threeShortage$-8,0002,0006,000Gasoline AvailabilityStable Supply$15,0008,0006,000Surplus$20,0006,0005,000 For the Orlando real estate investment problem, assume the probabilities for the gasoline shortage,stable supply and surplus are .5, .3 and .2, then based on the computations of the expected payoff ofthe three investment options, the investor should chooseO Motel onlyO Restaurant onlyO Theater onlyO Either motel or restaurant

GIVEN:- Profit or loss that could occur from each investment is given in the form of a table, which…

Answered: For the Orlando real estate investment…

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