Two athletes of equal ability are competing for a prize of $10,000. each is deciding whether to take a dangerous performance-enhancing drug. if one athlete takes the drug and the other does not, the one who takes the drug wins the prize. if both or neither take the drug, they tie and split the prize. taking the drug imposes health risks that are equivalent to a loss of xx dollars. complete the following payoff matrix describing the decisions the athletes face. enter player one's payoff on the left in each situation, player two's on the right.

What is an example of a good stock to buy in a recession? a) cyclical stock b) defensive stock c) income stock d) bond

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

Anew 2-lane road is needed in a part of town that is growing. at some point the road will need 4 lanes to handle the anticipated traffic. if the city's optimistic estimate of growth is used, the expansion will be needed in 4 years and has a probability of happening of 40%. for the most likely and pessimistic estimates, the expansion will be needed in 8 and 15 years respectively. the probability of the pessimistic estimate happening is 20%. the expansion will cost $ 4.2 million and the interest rate is 8%. what is the expected pw the expansion will cost?