You are looking to invest in several different real estate deals. You have received ceconomic reports that explain the probability of good economic conditions will be .6 and .4 for bad economic conditions. Below is the Payoff Table, and after calculating the expected value for each decision, you determine the best "payoff deal is: Good Economic Bad Economic
Conditions Condition (.60) Conditions (.40)
Apartment Building 50,000 30,000
Office Building $100,000 $-40,000
Warehouse 30,000 $10,000
A. Apartment Building
B. Office Building
C. Warehouse
D. None of the above.

Real Estate Deals

The best "payoff deal:"

B. Office Building

Step-by-step explanation:

A) Payoff Table

                                  Good Economic         Bad Economic

                                     Conditions                 Conditions

Probability                          (.60)                          (.40)

Apartment Building         $50,000                    $30,000

Office Building               $100,000                   $-40,000

Warehouse                     $30,000                     $10,000

B) Calculation of Expected Values:

                             Good Economic      Bad Economic    Expected Values

                                  Conditions          Conditions

Probability                       (.60)                    (.40)

Apartment Building     $30,000             $12,000             $42,000

Office Building            $60,000            $-16,000             $44,000

Warehouse                  $18,000               $4,000            $22,000

b) The expected value for these real estate deals can be derived as the sum of the payoffs under the two economic conditions after they have been weighed with their odds of occurrence.  The office building, in this example, showed the best payoff deal as the expected payoff from it results to a payoff of $44,000, which is higher than the expected payoff from the Apartment and Warehouse.  However, it is also the riskiest, especially when bad economic conditions occur.  This also accords with the general economic risk-return pattern that higher risky investments attract higher returns.

d, x=8

step-by-step explanation:

simplifying

4x + -5 = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving for variable 'x'.

move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

add '-2x' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 4x + -2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 4x + -2x = 2x

-5 + 2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 2x + -2x = 0

-5 + 2x = 11 + 0

-5 + 2x = 11

add '5' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 5 + 2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: -5 + 5 = 0

0 + 2x = 11 + 5

2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: 11 + 5 = 16

2x = 16

divide each side by '2'.