A company is choosing an outside firm to provide its payroll services. It has chosen four comparative categories of interest: client reviews, financial condition, IT capabilities, and government stability. These categories have been assigned weights of 50%, 10%, 10%, and 30%, respectively. Three potential providers were scored on each of those factors (see table below) using a scale of 1-10, with a score of 1 meaning worst possible and 10 meaning best possible. Using the factor-rating method, which provider should be chosen?

	Provider A	Provider B	Provider C
Client reviews	4	8	8
Financial condition	6	3	9
IT capabilities	5	8	7
Government stability	3	2	3