2. The daily demand for photographic film in a gift store, a tourist site, has normal distribution with 30 average film rolls and 5 standard deviated rolls. The cost of keeping a roll of film in The cost of keeping a roll of film in the store is $0.02 per day. The store incurs a fixed cost of $30 each time it places an order. order. The store's policy is to order 150 rolls when the inventory level drops to 90 rolls, maintaining a constant stock of 30 rolls at all times. a) For this inventory policy, determine the probability of running out of stock during the delivery time. delivery time. b) Determine an inventory policy for the store, assuming that the probability of running out of stock is not greater than 0.0 of running out of stock is no greater than 0.28.

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2. The daily demand for photographic film in a gift store, a tourist site, has normal distribution with 30 average film rolls and 5 standard deviated rolls. The cost of keeping a roll of film in The cost of keeping a roll of film in the store is $0.02 per day. The store incurs a fixed cost of $30 each time it places an order. order. The store's policy is to order 150 rolls when the inventory level drops to 90 rolls, maintaining a constant stock of 30 rolls at all times.

a) For this inventory policy, determine the probability of running out of stock during the delivery time. delivery time.

b) Determine an inventory policy for the store, assuming that the probability of running out of stock is not greater than 0.0 of running out of stock is no greater than 0.28.

 

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