National Printing Company must decide how many wall calendars it should produce for sale during the upcoming

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National Printing Company must decide how many wall calendars it should produce for sale during the upcoming sale season. Each calendar sells for $8.50 and costs $2.50 to produce. The local school district has agreed to buy all unsold calendars at a unit price of $1.50. National estimates the following probability distribution for the sea-sons demand:

DemandProbability

2,000 ........0.05

3,000 .........0.20

4,000 .........0.25

5,000 .........0.40

6,000 .........0.10

How many calendars should National produce to maximize its expected profit?


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Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra

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