A firm is making production plans for upcoming quarter, but the manager doesn't know what the price of the product will be next month. She thinks there is a 30 percent chance price will be $500 and a 70 percent chance price will be $750. The four possible profit outcomes are:
Profit (loss) when price is:
$500 $750
Option A: produce 1,000 units -$12,000 $80,000
Option B: produce 2,000 units -$20,000 $150,000
a. Which option has the higher expected profit?
b. Which option has the highest (absolute) risk?
c. Which option is chosen using the coefficient of variation rule?