Suppose That the Manager of a Company Has Estimated the Probability

Multiple Choice

Suppose that the manager of a company has estimated the probability of a super-event sometime during the next three years that will disrupt all suppliers as 2%.In addition,the firm currently uses four suppliers for its main component,and the manager estimates the probability of a unique-event that would disrupt one of them sometime during the next three years to be 20%.Supplier management costs during this period are $50,000 per supplier.The financial cost incurred if all four suppliers are disrupted at the same time is estimated to be $10,000,000.What is the expected monetary value (cost) of the current supplier diversification arrangement?

A) $412,800
B) $415,680
C) $10,200,000
D) $215,680
E) $8,240,000