Senior executives at an oil company are trying to decide whether to drill for oil in a particular field. It costs the company $750,000 to drill. The company estimates that if oil is found the estimated value will be $3,650,000. At present, the company believes that there is a 48% chance that the field actually contains oil. Develop a decision tree. the EMV is 1,002,000. Before drilling, the company can hire an expert at a cost of $75,000 to perform tests to make a prediction of whether oil is present. Based on a similar test, the probability that the test will predict oil on the field is 0.55. The probability of actually finding oil when oil was predicted is 0.85. The probability of actually finding oil when no oil was predicted is 0.2. What is the EMV if the company hires the expert?
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Senior executives at an oil company are trying to decide whether to drill for oil in a particular field. It costs the company $750,000 to drill. The company estimates that if oil is found the estimated value will be $3,650,000. At present, the company believes that there is a 48% chance that the field actually contains oil.
Develop a decision tree.
the EMV is 1,002,000.
Before drilling, the company can hire an expert at a cost of $75,000 to perform tests to make a prediction of whether oil is present. Based on a similar test, the probability that the test will predict oil on the field is 0.55. The probability of actually finding oil when oil was predicted is 0.85. The probability of actually finding oil when no oil was predicted is 0.2.
What is the EMV if the company hires the expert?
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