A Company Wants to Add a New Product to Its

Essay

A company wants to add a new product to its existing line of products.There are two similar candidate products,A and B.The demand for the new product could be high,medium,or low,with probabilities of .25,.5,and .25,respectively.The demand and the corresponding profit for each product is:
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { High } & \text { Medium } & \text { Low } \\\hline \text { Product A } & 40,000 & 30,000 & 20,000 \\\hline \text { Product B } & 70,000 & 20,000 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$