Shamrock Oil owns a parcel of land that has the potential to be an underground...

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Shamrock Oil owns a parcel of land that has the potential to be an underground oil field. It will cost $550,000 to drill for oil. If oil does exist on the land, Shamrock will realize a payoff of $3,000,000(not including drilling costs). With current information, Shamrock estimates that there is a 0.3 probability that oil is present on the site. Shamrock also has the option of selling the land as is for $300,000, without further information about the likelihood of oil being present. A third option is to perform geological tests at the site, which would cost $150,000. There is a 30% chance that the test results will be positive, after which Shamrock can sell the land for $550,000 or drill the land, with a 0.70 probability that oil exists. If the test results are negative, Shamrock can sell the land for $60,000 or drill the land, with a 0.05 probability that oil exists. Using a decision tree, recommend a course of action for Shamrock Oil.
Choose the correct decision tree that corresponds to the options of Shamrock Oil from the image. Note that all payoffs are in thousands of dollars. Then answer the following question and fill in the expected payoff.
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