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ABC Inc.must make a decision on its current capacity for next year.Estimated profits (in $000s)based on next year's demand are shown in the table below.
 Next Year’s Demand  Alternative  Low  High  Expand $100$200 Subcontract $50$120 Do Nothing $40$50\begin{array}{l}\text { Next Year's Demand }\\\begin{array} { l l l } \text { Alternative } & \text { Low } & \text { High } \\\hline \text { Expand } & \$ 100 & \$ 200 \\\text { Subcontract } & \$ 50 & \$ 120 \\\text { Do Nothing } & \$ 40 & \$ 50\end{array}\end{array}
-Refer to the information above.Assume that ABC Inc.has hired a marketing research firm that provided additional information regarding next year's demand.Suppose that the probabilities of low and high demand are assessed as follows: P(Low)= 0.4 and P(High)= 0.6.
a.Which alternative should be chosen using the expected monetary value (EMV)criterion?
b.What is the expected value under certainty?
c.What is the expected value under perfect information (EVPI)?

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