If an innovation methodology is probabilistic and it yields profit equal to £10 m with probability 10% and profit equal to £20 m with probability 90%, then its expected profit is equal to:     a. £18 m.   b. £19 m.   c. £21 m.   d. £10 m.

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If an innovation methodology is probabilistic and it yields profit equal to £10 m with probability 10% and profit equal to £20 m with probability 90%, then its expected profit is equal to:

 

  a.

£18 m.

  b.

£19 m.

  c.

£21 m.

  d.

£10 m.

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