Sally's Silk Screening produces specialty T-shirts that are primarily sold at special events. She is trying to decide how many to produce for an upcoming event. During the event, Sally can sell T-shirts for $20 apiece. However, when the event ends, any unsold T-shirts are sold for $4 apiece. It costs Sally $8 to make a specialty T-shirt. Sally's estimate of demand is the following: TT DEMAND PROBABILITY 300 0.05 0.10 400 500 0.40 600 0.30 700 0.10 800 0.05 a. What is the service rate (or key probability)? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Service rate

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Sally's Silk Screening produces specialty T-shirts that are primarily sold at special events. She is trying to decide how many to produce
for an upcoming event. During the event, Sally can sell T-shirts for $20 apiece. However, when the event ends, any unsold T-shirts are
sold for $4 apiece. It costs Sally $8 to make a specialty T-shirt. Sally's estimate of demand is the following:
DEMAND
PROBABILITY
300
0.05
400
0.10
500
0.40
600
0.30
700
0.10
800
0.05
a. What is the service rate (or key probability)? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Service rate
b. How many T-shirts should she produce for the upcoming event?
Number of T-shirts
Transcribed Image Text:Sally's Silk Screening produces specialty T-shirts that are primarily sold at special events. She is trying to decide how many to produce for an upcoming event. During the event, Sally can sell T-shirts for $20 apiece. However, when the event ends, any unsold T-shirts are sold for $4 apiece. It costs Sally $8 to make a specialty T-shirt. Sally's estimate of demand is the following: DEMAND PROBABILITY 300 0.05 400 0.10 500 0.40 600 0.30 700 0.10 800 0.05 a. What is the service rate (or key probability)? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Service rate b. How many T-shirts should she produce for the upcoming event? Number of T-shirts
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