Amy Lloyd is interested in leasing a new car and has contacted three automobile dealers for pricing information. Each dealer offered Amy a closed-end 36 month lease with no down payment due at the time of signing. Each lease includes a monthly charge and a mileage allowance. Additional miles receive a surcharge on a per-mile basis. The monthly lease cost, the mileage allowance, and the cost for additional miles follow: Dealer Monthly Cost Mileage Allowance Cost per Additional Mile Dealer A $304 36,000 $0.15 Dealer B $315 45,000 $0.20 Dealer C $330 54,000 $0.15 Amy decided to choose the lease option that will minimize her total 36-month cost. The difficulty is that Amy is not sure how many miles she will drive over the next three years. For purposes of this decision she believes it is reasonable to assume that she will drive 12,000 miles per year, 15,000 miles per year, or 18,000 miles per year. With this assumption Amy estimated her total costs for the three lease options. For example, she figures that the Dealer A lease will cost her 36($304) + $0.15(36,000 - 36,000) = $10,944 if she drives 12,000 miles per year, 36($304) + $0.15(45,000 - 36,000) = $12,294 if she drives 15,000 miles per year, or 36($304) + $0.15(54,000 - 36,000) = $13,644 if she drives 18,000 miles per year. (a) What is the decision, and what is the chance event? The decision is to choose ---Select-- . There are ? . alternatives. The chance event is ---Select--- C. There are ? possible outcomes. (b) Construct a payoff table. (Enter your answers in $). Annual Miles Driven Dealer 12,000 15,000 18,000 Dealer A $10,944 $12,294 $13,644 Dealer B $ S Dealer C $ $ s (c) If Amy has no idea which of the three mileage assumptions is most appropriate, what is the recommended decision (leasing option) using the optimistic, conservative, and minimax regret approaches 7 The recommended decision using the optimistic approach is ---Select--- . The recommended decision using the conservative approach is ---Select--- . The recommended decision using the minimax regret approach is ---Select--- Amy Lloyd is interested in leasing a new car and has contacted three automobile dealers for pricing information. Each dealer offered Amy a closed-end 36 month lease with no down payment due at the time of signing. Each lease includes a monthly charge and a mileage allowance. Additional miles receive a surcharge on a per-mile basis. The monthly lease cost, the mileage allowance, and the cost for additional miles follow: Dealer Monthly Cost Mileage Allowance Cost per Additional Mile Dealer A $304 36,000 $0.15 Dealer B $315 45,000 $0.20 Dealer C $330 54,000 $0.15 Amy decided to choose the lease option that will minimize her total 36-month cost. The difficulty is that Amy is not sure how many miles she will drive over the next three years. For purposes of this decision she believes it is reasonable to assume that she will drive 12,000 miles per year, 15,000 miles per year, or 18,000 miles per year. With this assumption Amy estimated her total costs for the three lease options. For example, she figures that the Dealer A lease will cost her 36($304) + $0.15(36,000 - 36,000) = $10,944 if she drives 12,000 miles per year, 36($304) + $0.15(45,000 - 36,000) = $12,294 if she drives 15,000 miles per year, or 36($304) + $0.15(54,000 - 36,000) = $13,644 if she drives 18,000 miles per year. (a) What is the decision, and what is the chance event? The decision is to choose ---Select-- . There are ? . alternatives. The chance event is ---Select--- C. There are ? possible outcomes. (b) Construct a payoff table. (Enter your answers in $). Annual Miles Driven Dealer 12,000 15,000 18,000 Dealer A $10,944 $12,294 $13,644 Dealer B $ S Dealer C $ $ s (c) If Amy has no idea which of the three mileage assumptions is most appropriate, what is the recommended decision (leasing option) using the optimistic, conservative, and minimax regret approaches 7 The recommended decision using the optimistic approach is ---Select--- . The recommended decision using the conservative approach is ---Select--- . The recommended decision using the minimax regret approach is ---Select
