Review the following scenario, and answer the questions: A market buys T-bone steaks from a universitys animal science department. The purchase price is $2.50 per pound, and the market sells the stick for $4.00 per pound. Steak left over at the end of the week is sold to a local cannery for $0.50 per pound. According to sales records over the past 100 weeks, demand has been as follows:

Weekly demand	Number of weeks
10	10
11	20
12	20
13	30
14	10
15	10
Total	100

Construct a payoff table for the various demand and stocking quantities.

Determine the best amount to stock using each of the following criteria:

a) Laplace

b) maximin

c) maximax

d) Hurwicz (a = 0.2)

e) regret (minimax)

If the market can obtain perfect information concerning the following week's demand for T-bone steak, what will the expected profit be?

Determine the optimal stock quantity.