Question

Determine the course of action that has the highest expected payoff for this decision tree. (enter your answers in millions. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

North component: y = 15.0 m * sin 55.0º = 12.3 m West component: x = 15.0 m * cos 55.0º + 7.00 m = 15.6 m 
so his heading, measured from West, is Θ = arctan(y/x) = arctan0.787 = 38.2º N of West 
and measured from North is φ = arctan(x/y) = arctan(1.27) = 51.8º W of North