A personal computer manufacturer is a planning to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in...

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A personal computer manufacturer is a planning to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in either South Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, or Mexico. The eventual cost of the facility will differ between countries and will even vary within country depending on the financial, labor, and political climate, including monetary exchange rates. The company has estimated the facility cost (in $1,000,000s) in each country under three different economic and political climates as follows: economic/political climate country decline same improve South Korea 19.1 16.8 13.4 Philippines 16.7 16.3 15.5 Taiwan 16.9 15.0 13.1 China 19.8 14.8 12.1 Mexico 22.0 18.7 11.0 Determine the best decision, using the minimax criteria. A personal computer manufacturer is a planning to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in either South Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, or Mexico. The eventual cost of the facility will differ between countries and will even vary within country depending on the financial, labor, and political climate, including monetary exchange rates. The company has estimated the facility cost (in $1,000,000s) in each country under three different economic and political climates as follows: economic/political climate country decline same improve South Korea 19.1 16.8 13.4 Philippines 16.7 16.3 15.5 Taiwan 16.9 15.0 13.1 China 19.8 14.8 12.1 Mexico 22.0 18.7 11.0 Determine the best decision, using the minimax criteria.