The management of madeira computing is considering the introduction of a wearable electronic device with the functionality of a laptop computer and phone. the fixed cost to launch this new product is $300,000. the variable cost for the product is expected to be between $160 and $240, with a most likely value of $200 per unit. the product will sell for $300 per unit. demand for the product is expected to range from 0 to approximately 20,000 units, with 4,000 units the most likely. a) develop a what-if spreadsheet model computing profit for this product in the base case, worst-case, and best-case scenarios. best-case profit: $ worst-case profit: $ base case profit: $ b) model the variable cost as a uniform random variable with a minimum of $160 and a maximum of $240. model product demand as 1,000 times the value of a gamma random variable with an alpha parameter of 3 and a beta parameter of 2. construct a simulation model to estimate the average profit and the probability that the project will result in a loss. average profit: $ probabilty of a loss: %

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Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.