A Fast Food Restaurant Just Leased a New Freezer and Food

question 6

Multiple Choice

A fast food restaurant just leased a new freezer and food fryer for three years.The service contract for the freezer offers unlimited repairs for a fee of $125 a year plus a $35 service charge for each repair needed.The restaurant's research indicates that during a given year 80% of these freezers need no repairs, 11% needed to be serviced once, 5% twice, 4% three times, and none required more than three repairs.The mean restaurant's annual expense with the service contract for this freezer is ________________________ .

• A)$25.20
• B)$136.55
• C)$122.45
• D)$89.90
• E)$0

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Definitions:

Least Cost

The principle of choosing the option that provides the necessary level of benefit or utility at the minimum possible cost.

Production

The process of combining various material inputs and immaterial inputs (plans, know-how) to make something for consumption.

Constant-cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production do not change as the industry's total output changes.

Competitive Market

A market where there are many buyers and sellers so that no single buyer or seller can influence the price or market conditions.