Exhibit $20-1$

Below is a payoff table involving two states of nature and three decision alternatives.

Decision States of Nature

Alternative s$1$ s$2$

A $58$

B $1012$

C $206$

The probability of occurrence of s$1=\mathrm{.}2.$

Refer to Exhibit $20-1.$ The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is $\_\_\_\_\_.$

a$.$ B

b$.$ A

c$.$ C

d$.$ All alternatives are the same.