Use the Data Shown Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 44

Multiple Choice

Use the data shown below to answer the following question(s) .
Captain Jack Automobiles launched a new car and tabulated the below data for the new launch. The project manager identified the following distributions and parameters for these variables:
Market size: normal with a mean of 2,000,000 units and a standard deviation of 400,000 units
R&D costs: uniform between $639,000,000 and $781,000,000
Test Drives: lognormal with mean of $160,000,000 and standard deviation $16,000,000
Annual market growth factor: triangular with minimum = 2%,maximum = 6%,and most likely = 3%
Annual market share growth rate: triangular with minimum = 15%,maximum = 25%,and most likely = 20%
Use 5,000 trials to generate the simulation model using Crystal Ball.
-The individual using Crystal Ball to simulate the given data should treat the cell containing the value of market size as a(n) ________.

• A)forecast
• B)decision
• C)assumption
• D)run preference

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Definitions:

Price Discrimination

The strategy of selling the same product or service at different prices to different groups of consumers, typically based on willingness to pay.

Deadweight Loss

A loss in economic efficiency that occurs when the equilibrium output is not achieved or when supply and demand are out of balance.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where a seller charges different prices for the same product or service to different consumers, based on willingness to pay.

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller or producer dominating the entire market, lacking competition in the supply of its goods or services.