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Pilot Farm Project

Probability Weather Peas Corn Tobacco Beets
0.3 Dry 20 15 30 40
0.5 Moderate 35 20 25 40
0.2 Damp 40 30 25 40
Net Income $1.00 $1.50 $1.00 $0.50
per bushel

a. Create a treeplan for the project
b. What is the expected outcome?
c. If the weather is expected to be 10% dryer than usual estimate the payoff?

Prob 2 Pro

Number sold 2 3 4 5 6
Number of days 4 7 8 5 1

Create a probability distribution for the number of items sold

What is the standard deviation of the distribution?

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