Question: Please show step by step process on excel. The Candy Town Company, a competitor of the SweetTooth Candy Company, knows it will need 4 0

Please show step by step process on excel.
The Candy Town Company, a competitor of the SweetTooth Candy Company, knows it will need 40,000 lbs of sugar six months from now to implement its production plans. James Taffy, Candy Town's purchasing manager, has essentially two options for acquiring the needed sugar. One option is to buy the sugar at the going market price when they need it, six months from now. Mr. Taffy has assessed the probability distribution for the possible prices of sugar six months from now (in dollars per pound) as shown below:
Price in 6-month Probability
$0.0780.10
0.0860.20
0.0940.20
0.1020.20
0.1100.20
0.1180.10
The second purchasing option is to buy a futures contract now. The contract guarantees delivery of the sugar in six months but the cost of purchasing it will be based on today's market price. Assume that possible sugar futures contracts available for purchase are for 10,000 lbs,20,000 lbs or 40,000 lbs only. No futures contracts can be purchased or sold in the intervening months. The Candy Town Company will buy the total of 40,000 lbs of sugar in one way or another. The price of sugar now is $0.0851 per pound. The transaction costs for 10,000 lbs,20,000 lbs and 40,000 lbs futures contracts are $150, $200, and $350, respectively.
(You may choose one answer more than once.)
Question 1 options:
The EMV of buying the 10,000 lbs futures contract is
The best decision alternative by the EMV method is
The EMV of buying the 40,000 lbs futures contract is
The EMV of not buying a futures contract is
The EMV of not buying a futures contract is
The best decision alternative by the Maximin method is
The EMV of buying the 20,000 lbs futures contract is
The best decision alternative by the Maximax method is
If the current sugar price per pound is $0.092, the best decision alternative by the EMV method is
Options to choose from:
1.
3683
2.
3754
3.
3862
4.
3920
5.
3941
6.
Buy no futures contract
7.
Buy the 10,000 lbs futures contract
8.
Buy the 20,000 lbs futures contract
9.
Buy the 40,000 lbs futures contract

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