Maribel is considering installing ice cream stalls on Turtle Beach. The length of the beach is 5 miles long. On average, in a week, there are 1,000 subathers that come to the beach and each value an icecream at $5. Transportation costs are $2.5. Each icecream costs $0.5 to make and there are $40 as a fixed maintenance cost per stall. 1. Find the optimal number of stalls for Maribel? 2.What is the profit at optimal number of stalls?

Maribel is considering installing ice cream stalls on Turtle Beach. The length of the beach is 5 miles long. On average, in a week, there are 1,000 subathers that come to the beach and each value an icecream at $5. Transportation costs are $2.5. Each icecream costs $0.5 to make and there are $40 as a fixed maintenance cost per stall. 1. Find the optimal number of stalls for Maribel? 2.What is the profit at optimal number of stalls?

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter11: Simulation Models

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 47P

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