Palmer Jam Company is a small manufacturer of several different
jam products. One product is an organic jam that has
no preservatives, sold to retail outlets. Susan Palmer must
decide how many cases of jam to manufacture each month. The
probability that demand will be
5
cases is
0.10,
for
6
cases it is
0.30,
for
7
cases it is
0.50,
and for
8
cases it is
0.10.
The cost of every case is
$40,
and the price Susan gets for each case is
$85.
Unfortunately, any cases not sold by the end of the month
are of no value as a result of spoilage.
Part 2
Based on the given information, Susan's conditional
profits table for jam is:
Demand
5
6
7
8
Produce
p=0.10
p=0.30
p=0.50
p=0.10
5
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Part 3
6
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Part 4
7
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Part 5
8
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Part 6
The number of cases that Susan should produce to achieve maximum
expected value (EMV
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) is
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7
8
6
5
cases.
Part 7
The EMV of stocking this number of cases is
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(round your answer to the nearest whole number).
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