5. A professional basketball team just missed making the playoffs last season andbelieves it only needs to sign one very good free agent to make the playoffs next season. Theteam is considering four players: Morris, O'Neal, Jackson, and Gordon. Each player differsaccording to position, ability, and attractiveness to fans. The payoffs (in $ millions) to the teamfor each player based on their contract, profits from attendance, and team product sales forseveral different seasonal outcomes are provided in the following table.Season OutcomeLoser Competitive | Playoffs$1.3$4.41.86.30.75.8-1.69.6PlayerMorris $-3.2O'Neal -5.1Jackson -2.7Gordon -6.3Determine the best decision using the following decision criteria.a) Maximaxb) The management has determined the following probabilities of the occurrence of eachfuture seasonal outcome for each player:ProbabilityLoser Competitive Playoffs0.550.300.260.560.320.470.250.45PlayerMorris 0.15O'Neal 0.18Jackson 0.21Gordon 0.30Compute the expected value for each player and indicate which player the team should try to sign.

Answered: 5. A professional basketball team just…

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