TABLE 5-8 Two Different Designs on a New Line of Winter Jackets

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Essay

TABLE 5-8
Two different designs on a new line of winter jackets for the coming winter are available for your manufacturing plants. Your profit (in thousands of dollars) will depend on the taste of the consumers when winter arrives. The probability of the three possible different tastes of the consumers and the corresponding profits are presented in the following table.

-Referring to Table 5-8, what is the total standard deviation of the profit if you increase the shift of your production lines and choose to produce both designs?

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Definitions:

Indirect Method

A way of calculating cash flows for operating activities in the cash flow statement by adjusting net income for changes in non-cash items.

Operating Activities

Operating activities involve the day-to-day functions of a business directly related to its provision of goods and services.

Net Income

The total profit of a company after all expenses and taxes have been subtracted from total revenue.

Cash Dividends

The distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders in the form of cash.