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Consider a food truck selling only grilled chicken sandwich. They order chicken breast once every two...

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Consider a food truck selling only grilled chicken sandwich.They order chicken breast once every two days, which means thisorder is intended to satisfy next two days’ demand. Demand for atwo?day period (# of sandwiches) is estimated by experience in thefollowing table.

Demand (# of sandwiches) 40, 80, 100, 120, 160

Probability .20, .20, .20, .30, .10

Each sandwich consumes half a pound of chicken breast. Theprocurement cost for each pound of chicken breast is $5. Revenuefrom each sandwich is $8. All unused chicken breast can be sold toa local farm at the price of $1 per pound. Ignore all the othercost for making a sandwich in this question. Hint: Before doing themarginal analysis, consider converting all units to either # ofsandwiches or # of pounds of chicken breast.

FT1. How many pounds of chicken breast should you order tomaximize profit?

FT2. What’s the expected total profit for a two?day period?

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Each sandwich consumes half a pound of chicken Therefore 2sandwiches are equivalent to 1 pound of chickenSelling price    See Answer
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