Blossom's Flowers purchases roses for sale for Valentine's Day.The roses are purchased for $10 a dozen and are sold for $20 a dozen.Any roses not sold on Valentine's Day can be sold for $5 per dozen.The owner will purchase 1 of 3 amounts of roses for Valentine's Day: 100,200,or 400 dozen roses.Given 0.2,0.4,and 0.4 are the probabilities for the sale of 100,200,or 400 dozen roses,respectively,then the EMV for buying 200 dozen roses is
A)$4,500
B)$2,500
C)$1,700
D)$1,000

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The Expected Monetary Value (EMV) for buying 200 dozen roses can be calculated by considering the outcomes based on the probabilities of selling 100, 200, or 400 dozen roses. For 200 dozen roses purchased at $10 each, the cost is $2,000. If 100 dozen are sold at $20 each, the revenue is $2,000, and the remaining 100 dozen are sold at $5 each, adding $500, totaling $2,500 in revenue. The profit in this scenario is $500. If all 200 dozen are sold at $20 each, the revenue is $4,000, leading to a profit of $2,000. The scenario of selling 400 dozen does not apply as only 200 dozen are available. Thus, the EMV is calculated as (0.2 * $500) + (0.4 * $2,000) = $100 + $800 = $900. However, considering the initial cost of $2,000, the calculation seems to have been misunderstood. The correct approach should consider the net profit or loss from each scenario, including the cost of unsold roses. The correct EMV calculation involves detailed profit calculations for each scenario, taking into account the cost of roses, potential sales at full and discounted prices, and the probabilities of each sales level.

Blossom's Flowers Purchases Roses for Sale for Valentine's Day