3.  A local club is selling Christmas trees and deciding how many to stock for the month of December. If demand is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 20, trees cost $20 and sell for $50, with $10 salvage value at the end of the month, what is the optimal stocking level? Select one: a. unable to determine given the above information b. about 120 c. 115 d. about 113 e. about 105

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A local club is selling Christmas trees and deciding how many to stock for the month of December. If demand is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 20, trees cost $20 and sell for $50, with $10 salvage value at the end of the month,  what is the optimal stocking level?

Select one:
a.

unable to determine given the above information

b.

about 120

c.

115

d.

about 113

e.

about 105

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