SCENARIO 5-12
Two Different Designs on a New Line of Winter

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SCENARIO 5-12
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. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | r | r | } \hline \text { Probability } & \text { Taste } & \text { Design A } & \text { Design B } \\\hline 0.2 & \text { more conservative } & 180 & 520 \\\hline 0.5 & \text { no change } & 230 & 310 \\\hline 0.3 & \text { more liberal } & 350 & 270 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 5-12, if you decide to choose Design A for 10% of the production lines and
Design B for the remaining production lines, what is the coefficient of variation of your
investment?

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Definitions:

Merchandise Inventory

Goods that a company buys to resell at a profit. It is a current asset on the balance sheet.

Transportation-In

Costs associated with bringing inventory items to a company's location, which are added to the cost of inventory.

Invoice Price

The invoice price is the original price that a manufacturer suggests for the sale of a product or service before any discounts or allowances are applied.

Taxable Income

The portion of an individual's or corporation's income that is subject to taxation by government authorities.