If a business owner, who is only interested in the bottom line, computes the expected value for the profit made in bidding on a project to be -$3,000, then this owner should not bid on this project. true or false?

If a business owner, who is only interested in the bottom line, computes the expected value for the profit made in bidding on a project to be -$3,000, then this owner should not bid on this project. true or false?

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