Discuss the below:
Q: Leah Johnson, director of Legal Services of Brookline, wants to increase capacity to provide free legal advice but must decide whether to do so by hiring another full-time lawyer or by using part-time lawyers. The table below shows the expected costs of the two options for three possible demand levels:
Alternatives
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Statue OF NATURE
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Low Demand
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Medium Demand
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High Demand
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Hire full-time Hire part-time Probabilities
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$300 $ 0 .2
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$500 5350 .5
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$ 700 51.000 .3
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Using expected value, what should Ms. Johnson do?