i The Americo Oil Company is considering making a bid for a shale oil development contract tobe awarded by the federal government. The company has decided to bid $112 million. The com-pany estimates that it has a 60% chance of winning the contract with this bid. If the firm winsthe contract, it can choose one of three methods for getting the oil from the shale. It can developa new method for oil extraction, use an existing (inefficient) process, or subcontract the process-ing to a number of smaller companies once the shale has been excavated. The results from thesealternatives are as follows:Develop new process:OutcomesProbability Profit ($1,000,000s)Great success.30$ 600Moderate success.60300Failure.10-100Use present process:OutcomesProbabilityProfit ($1,000,000s)Great success.50$ 300.30200Moderate successFailure20-40Subcontract:OutcomeProbabilityProfit ($1,000,000s)250Moderate success1.00The cost of preparing the contract proposal is $2 million. If the company does not make a bid,it will invest in an alternative venture with a guaranteed profit of $30 million. Construct a se-quential decision tree for this decision situation and determine whether the company shouldmake a bid.

Cost of preparing the contract =$2 MillionGuaranteed Profit =$30 Million Company Bid =$112 Million

The cost of preparing the contract proposal is $2 million. If the company does not make a bid, it will invest in an alternative venture with a guaranteed profit of $30 million. Construct a se- quential decision tree for this decision situation and determine whether the company should make a bid.

The cost of preparing the contract proposal is $2 million. If the company does not make a bid, it will invest in an alternative venture with a guaranteed profit of $30 million. Construct a se- quential decision tree for this decision situation and determine whether the company should make a bid.

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