3.B: Happy Henry’s car dealer sells an imported car called the EX123. Once every three months, a shipment of the cars is made to Happy Henry’s. Emergency shipments can be made between these three-month intervals to resupply the cars when inventory falls short of demand. The emergency shipments require two weeks, and buyers are willing to wait this long for the cars but will generally go elsewhere before the next three-month shipment is due. From experience, it appears that the demand for the EX123 over a three-month interval is
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