Two dentists, Lydia Russell and Jerry Carlton, are planning to establish practices in a newly developed community. Both have allocated approximately the same total budget for advertising in the local newspaper and for the distribution of fliers announcing their practices. Because of the location of their offices, Russell is expected to get 47% of the business if both dentist advertise only in the local newspaper; if both dentist advertise through fliers, then Russell is expected to get 42% of the business; if Russell advertises exclusively in the local newspaper and Carlton advertises exclusively through fliers, then Russell is expected to get 50% of the business. Finally, if Russell advertises through fliers exclusively and Carlton advertises exclusively in the local newspaper, then Russell is expected to get 49% of the business. (a) Construct the payoff matrix for the game. (Enter each percentage as a decimal.)     Carlton              N                 F Russell    N F                         Is the game strictly determined? YesNo     (b) Find the optimal strategy for both Russell (row) and Carlton (column). (Round your answers to three decimal places.) P =             Q =

A real estate investment trust​ (REIT) owns​ first-class office properties in selected markets. According to its​ website, the occupancy rates last year for its holdings in four major cities are available below. Complete parts a through c below.

A wireless carrier offers the following plans that a person is considering. The Family Plan: $ 95 monthly fee, unlimited talk and text on up to 5 lines, and data charges of $ 47 for each device for up to 2 GB of data per device. The Mobile Share Plan: $ 180 monthly fee for up to 10 devices, unlimited talk and text for all the lines, and data charges of $ 30 for each device up to a shared total of 10 GB of data. Use P for the number of devices that need data plans as part of their cost. Find the model of the total cost of the Family Plan $ Find the model of the total cost of the Mobile Share

An automobile company produces cars in Los Angeles and Detroit and has a warehouse in Atlanta.The company supplies cars to customers in Houston and Tampa. The costs of shipping a car betweenvarious points are listed in the table below, where a blank means that a shipment is not allowed. LosAngeles can produce up to 1100 cars, and Detroit can produce up to 2900 cars. Houston must receive2400 cars, and Tampa must receive 1500 cars. (Include your formulations to receive credit. Thinkcarefully about the transhipment locations.) (a) Determine how to minimize the cost of meeting demands in Houston and Tampa. (b) Modify the answer to part (a) if shipments between Los Angeles and Detroit are not allowed.  (c) Modify the answer to part (a) if shipments between Houston and Tampa are allowed at a cost of$5 per car.

Imperial Jewelers manufactures and sells a gold bracelet for $408.00. The company’s accounting system says that the unit product cost for this bracelet is $259.00 as shown below:   Direct materials $ 141 Direct labor 82 Manufacturing overhead 36 Unit product cost $ 259   The members of a wedding party have approached Imperial Jewelers about buying 29 of these gold bracelets for the discounted price of $368.00 each. The members of the wedding party would like special filigree applied to the bracelets that would increase the direct materials cost per bracelet by $12. Imperial Jewelers would also have to buy a special tool for $457 to apply the filigree to the bracelets. The special tool would have no other use once the special order is completed.   To analyze this special order opportunity, Imperial Jewelers has determined that most of its manufacturing overhead is fixed and unaffected by variations in how much jewelry is produced in any given period. However, $13.00 of the…