Identify Different Business Uses for Statistics and the Major Statistical

question 32

Multiple Choice

Identify different business uses for statistics and the major statistical tools businesses use
Use the table below to answer the following question(s) .
Sujito Electronix makes headphones for $22 and sells them for $32. Sujito has sold at least 50 headphones on average per week in the past, though the actual demand is unknown. Sujito has also often run short of supply in the past. After three months of release, the headphones are sold at 40 percent discount. The spreadsheet below shows Sujito's sales and demand for the headphones. We take demand at 51, and quantity produced at 55. $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline\begin{array}{l}\text { Newsvendor model for } \\\text { Sujito's headphones }\end{array} & \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Data } & \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Selling Price } & \$ 32 \\\hline \text { Cost } & \$ 22 \\\hline \text { Discount Price } & \$ 19.2 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Model } & \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Demand } & 51 \\\hline \text { Produced Quantity } & 55 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Quantity Sold } & \\\hline \text { Surphus Quantity } & \\\hline\end{array}$
-Calculate the net profit for the headphones.

• A) $586.8
• B) $498.8
• C) $1653.8
• D) $466.8

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Definitions:

Costly Activities

Actions or processes that require a significant amount of resources, such as time, money, or effort.

Retailers

Businesses or individuals that sell goods directly to consumers.

Double Marginalization

A situation where both the upstream and downstream firms in a supply chain exert market power, leading to higher prices for consumers.

Directly to Consumer

A business model where companies sell their products directly to consumers, bypassing traditional retailers, wholesalers, or other middlemen.