The Logistics/operations Manager of a Mail Order House Purchases Two

question 92

Multiple Choice

The logistics/operations manager of a mail order house purchases two products for resale: King Beds (K) and Queen Beds (Q) .Each King Bed costs $500 and requires 100 cubic feet of storage space,and each Queen Bed costs $300 and requires 90 cubic feet of storage space.The manager has $75,000 to invest in beds this week,and her warehouse has 18,000 cubic feet available for storage.Profit for each King Bed is $300,and for each Queen Bed is $150.For the purchase combination 0 King Beds and 200 Queen Beds,which resource is "slack" (not fully used) ?

• A)Investment money (only)
• B)Storage space (only)
• C)Both investment money and storage space
• D)Neither investment money nor storage space
• E)Cannot be determined exactly

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The additional income received from selling one more unit of a good or service; it is a critical concept in deciding the optimal quantity of goods to produce.

Price Discrimination

The practice of charging different prices to different consumers for the same product or service, based on their willingness to pay.

Insurance Rates

Insurance rates are the costs charged by insurance companies to provide coverage against various risks, determined by factors such as risk level, policy type, and coverage amount.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to the price.