Question

A venture capitalist, willing to invest $1,000,000, has three investments to choose from. The first investment, a software company, has a 15% chance of returning $8,000,000 profit, a 21% chance of returning $2,500,000 profit, and a 64% chance of losing the million dollars. The second company, a hardware company, has a 16% chance of returning $4,000,000 profit, a 24% chance of returning $1,500,000 profit, and a 60% chance of losing the million dollars. The third company, a biotech firm, has a 6% chance of returning $7,000,000 profit, a 33% of no profit or loss, and a 61% chance of losing the million dollars. Order the expected values from smallest to largest. first, second, third second, first, third second, third, first first, third, second third, first, second third, second, first

Answer 1

Answer :

Software :

Particulars	Profit	P	Expected value
Software	8,000,000	15% =0.15	=8,000,000 * 0.15 =1,200,000
	2,500,000	0.21	5,25,000
	-,1,000,000	0.64	-640,000
Total			= 1,200,000 + 5,25,000 - 640,000 =$ 1,085,000

Hardware :

Particulars	Profit	P	Expected value
Software	4,000,000	16% =0.16	=4,000,000 * 0.16 =640,000
	1,500,000	0.60	900,000
	-,1,000,000	0.06	-60,000
Total			= 640,000 + 900,000 - 60,000 =$ 1,480,000

Biotech :

Particulars	Profit	P	Expected value
Software	7,000,000	61% =0.61	=7,000,000 * 0.61 =4,270,000
	0	0.33	0
	-,1,000,000	0.61	-610,000
Total			= 1,200,000 + 5,25,000 - 610,000 =$ 1,115,000

Therefore,

Order of expected value from smallest to largest is :

software smallest expected value = 1,085,000

Next Biotech = 1,115,000

Largest value hardware = 1,480,000