Question: Problem 4 Decision Tree ( 2 5 points ) The Amber Corp. is faced with the decision as to whether or not to make a

Problem 4 Decision Tree (25 points)
The Amber Corp. is faced with the decision as to whether or not to make a bid for producing a new motor assembly for a large automobile producer. If Amber decides to bid, this will cost them $100,000 in research and development (R&D) activities. Even with the R&D, there is only a 40% chance of winning the contract. If Amber wins the contract, they will be able to sell 10,000 motor assemblies at a price of $100 per assembly. To produce these 10,000 motor assemblies, they can choose to use existing technology or new technology as detailed below:
Existing technology: This will cost $80,000 for modification of the current machines; in addition, variable (per unit) production cost will be $40. In addition, the current machines are not as fast as desired, and there is a chance that overtime (OT) costs will be incurred (depending on other business activity at Amber) as described in the following table:
\table[[\table[[Other business],[activity]],Probability,\table[[Overtime],[cost]]],[Heavy,.2,$400,000
Problem 4 Decision Tree ( 2 5 points ) The Amber

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