Blossom's Flowers Purchases Roses for Sale for Valentine's Day

question 67

Multiple Choice

Blossom's Flowers purchases roses for sale for Valentine's Day.The roses are purchased for $10 a dozen and are sold for $20 a dozen.Any roses not sold on Valentine's Day can be sold for $5 per dozen.The owner will purchase 1 of 3 amounts of roses for Valentine's Day: 100,200,or 400 dozen roses.Given 0.2,0.4,and 0.4 are the probabilities for the sale of 100,200,or 400 dozen roses,respectively,then the optimal alternative using EMV for selling roses is to buy _____ dozen roses.

• A)100
• B)200
• C)400
• D)600

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Definitions:

Ticket Scalpers

Individuals who purchase tickets to events at face value and then sell them at a higher price, typically without authorization, aiming to profit from the high demand.

Consumers

Individuals or entities that purchase goods or services for personal use rather than for manufacturing or resale.

Substitute

A good or service that can be used in place of another, offering consumers a choice when making purchase decisions.

Input

Resources used in the production process of goods or services, including labor, materials, and capital.