PCC Corporation has acquired a medium size family-owned textile business and is contemplating the future of one of its plants, locatedin Cebu City. Three alternatives are being considered:1. Expand the plant and produce lightweight, durable materials for possible sales to the military, a market with little foreigncompetition;2. Maintain status quo at the plant, continuing production of textile goods that are subject to heavy foreign competitions; or3. Sell the plant now.If one of the first two alternatives is chosen, the plant will be sold at the end of a year. The amount of profit that could be earned byselling the plant in a year depends on foreign market conditions. The following payoff table depicts this decision situation:Foreign Competitive ConditionsDecisionGoodPoorExpandP 800,000P 500,000Maintain Status Quo1,300,000-150,000Sell now320,000320,000What is the best decision by using the Hurwicz (with an alpha of 0.3) decision criteria?O Maintain status quoO Join foreign competition by exporting its productsO Sell nowO ExpandO Outsource the production

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