I have 100 items of a product in stock. The probabilitymass function for the product’s demand D is P(D 90) P(D 100) P(D 110) 13. a Find the mass function, mean, and variance of thenumber of items sold.b Find the mass function, mean, and variance of theamount of demand that will be unfilled because of lackof stock.

I have 100 items of a product in stock. The probabilitymass function for the product’s demand D is P(D 90) P(D 100) P(D 110) 13. a Find the mass function, mean, and variance of thenumber of items sold.b Find the mass function, mean, and variance of theamount of demand that will be unfilled because of lackof stock.

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Description: I have 100 items of a product in stock. The probabilitymass function for the product’s demand D is P(D 90) P(D 100) P(D 110) 13.a Find the mass function, mean, and variance of thenumber of items sold.b Find the mass function, mean, and variance of th

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