A group of businessmen is considering the construction of a
A group of businessmen is considering the construction of a hotel. If the hotel demand is high the businessmen could realize a net profit of $200,000. If the hotel demand is not favorable they could lose $60,000. The best the businessmen can guess is that there is a 50-50 chance the hotel will be successful. The businessmen have been approached by a market research firm that offers to perform a study of the market at a fee of $10,000. The market research firm uses the following statements: probability of a favorable market given a favorable study = 0.85probability of an unfavorable market given a favorable study = 0.15probability of a favorable market given an unfavorable study = 0.10probability of an unfavorable market given an unfavorable study = 0.90probability of a favorable research study = 0.60probability of an unfavorable research study = 0.40The EMV for node 1 is