. RDF Inc. a smart tag manufacturer is investigating the possibility of produc

    . RDF Inc. a smart tag manufacturer is investigating the possibility of producing and marketing a new RFID tag. Undertaking this project
    will require either purchasing a sophisticated IT system or hiring and training several additional engineers. The market for the product could be either
    favorable or unfavorable. RDF Inc. of course has the option of not developing the new product at all.

    With favorable acceptance by the market sales would be 25000 tags selling for $100 each. With unfavorable acceptance sales would be only
    8000 tags selling for $100 each. The cost of IT equipment is $500000 but that of hiring and training three new engineers is only $375000. However
    manufacturing costs should drop from $50 each with manufacturing without the IT system to $40 each when manufacturing with IT. The probability of favorable
    acceptance of the new smart tag is 0.40; the probability of unfavorable acceptance is 0.60.

    Draw a decision tree. Then analyze it to determine the expected payoff for each decision and event node. Which alternative
    (purchasing the IT system hiring engineers) has the better expected payoff?

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