Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 13.8, Problem 38P
Summary Introduction
Interpretation:
Warranty period to equate the replacement cost of the calculator with and without the warranty
Concept Introduction:
Exponential distribution is a probabilitydistribution which finds probability of an event to occur between independent constant rate and continous rate.
Probability is the likelihood of an event to occur.. It ranges between 0 to 1. O implies no chance of occurance while 1 implies 100% chance of occurance.
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An online store sells two types of speaker docks for smartphones. The higher-priced speaker dock sells for $190 and the lower-priced speaker dock sells for $70. Last week the store sold four times as many lower-priced speaker docks as higher-priced speaker docks. Combined sales totaled $4,230. How many lower-priced speaker docks did it sell?The store sold, lower-priced speaker docks.
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The sales clerkprepares apre-numbered sales invoice in triplicate. The sales clerk takes copy 1 and 2 together with the payment and present them to the cashier.
The cashier validates the original copy and gives it to the customer.
The third copy of the sales invoice staysin the invoice book when the invoice book has been depleted all 3rdcopy of the invoices is filed in the sales office. “by invoice books”.
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The cashier then gives the accountant the sales summary, the 2nd copy of the invoices and the validated deposit slip.
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 5PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 6PCh. 13.2 - Prob. 7PCh. 13.2 - Prob. 9PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 13PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 14PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 15PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 16P
Ch. 13.4 - Prob. 17PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 18PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 19PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 20PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 21PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 22PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 23PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 24PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 25PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 26PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 27PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 28PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 30PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 31PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 32PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 33PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 34PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 35PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 36PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 37PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 38PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 39PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 40PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 41PCh. 13 - Prob. 42APCh. 13 - Prob. 43APCh. 13 - Prob. 44APCh. 13 - Prob. 45APCh. 13 - Prob. 46APCh. 13 - Prob. 48APCh. 13 - Prob. 49APCh. 13 - Prob. 51APCh. 13 - Prob. 52APCh. 13 - Prob. 53AP
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