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Question: Howland & Sons Plumbers is considering adding an extra truck to increase the number of customers they can serve. They create a payoff table to weight their options. Determine what choice they should make using the Hurwicz (a = 0.55) and equal likelihood criteria. What are the expected payoffs?

Decision

Increased demand

Steady demand

Falling demand

Extra truck

$8,450

$1,200

-$2,400

No extra truck

$3,950

$3,400

$2,650

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