XYZ Is a Paint Product Manufacturer,and One of the Plants $\quad$

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XYZ is a paint product manufacturer,and one of the plants is experiencing a substantial increase in demand.The future demand for the products could be low,medium,or high,with probabilities estimated to be 25%,50%,and 30%,respectively.The company wants to determine the financial impact associated with the three decision alternatives under the varying levels of demand.Given the following payoff matrix,compute the expected value of decisions with perfect information. $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Demand }$

$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Decision Altemative } & \text { Low(20\%) } & \text { Medium(50\%) } & \text { High (30\%) } \\\hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Subcontract additional } \\\text { capacity }\end{array} & \$ 7 \text { million } & \$ 40 \text { million } & \$ 70 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Build a new plant } & - \$ 55 \text { million } & \$ 25 \text { million } & \$ 100 \text { million } \\\hline\end{array}$

A) $45.5 M
B) $53M
C) $12.4 M
D) $70 M