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

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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, if you decide to choose Design A for half of the production lines and Design B for the other half, what is your expected profit?

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Definitions:

Current Ratio

A liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations or those due within one year, by comparing current assets to current liabilities.

Current Liabilities

Short-term financial obligations that are due within one year or within a normal operating cycle.

Accounts Receivable Turnover

A financial ratio indicating how efficiently a company collects its receivables or the credit it extends to customers.

Inventory Turnover

A measure of how quickly inventory is sold, calculated by dividing the cost of goods sold by the average inventory.