.A paint company has three sources for buying bright red pigment for their paints: Vietnam, Taiwan, or Thailand. Unfortunately, the pigment is made from a bush whose annual growth is heavily dependent upon the amount of rainfall during the growing season. The tables below show probabilities and prices for wet, dry and normal growing seasons:
Probabilities
Wet Dry Normal
Vietnam .5 .2 .3
Taiwan .6 .3 .1
Thailand .4 .4 .2
Price/Pound ($)
Wet Dry Normal
Vietnam .95 1.10 1.00
Taiwan .85 1.20 .98
Thailand .90 1.15 1.05
What is the expected value (price) associated with the selected firm?