The Owner of Tastee Cookies Needs to Decide Whether to Lease

question 46

Multiple Choice

The owner of Tastee Cookies needs to decide whether to lease a small, medium, or large new retail outlet. She estimates that monthly profits will vary with demand for her cookies as follows:

For what range of probability that demand will be high, will she decide to lease the large facility?

• A)0-0.25
• B)0-0.33
• C)0.25-0.5
• D)0.33-1
• E)0.5-1

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