Exhibit 12.5 The Following Questions Use the Information Below

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 12.5
The following questions use the information below.
The owner of Sal's Italian Restaurant wants to study the growth of his business using simulation. He is interested in simulating the number of customers and the amount ordered by customers each month. He currently serves 1000 customers per month and feels this can vary uniformly between a decrease of as much as 5% and an increase of up to 9%. The bill for each customer is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of $20 and a standard deviation of $5. The average order has been increasing steadily over the years and the owner expects the mean order will increase by 2% per month. You have created the following spreadsheet to simulate the problem.
-The standardized queuing system notation such as M/M/1 or M/G/2 is referred to as

• A) Kendall notation.
• B) Erlang notation.
• C) Poisson notation.
• D) Queuing notation.

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials and the standard cost multiplied by the quantities purchased.

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the expected quantity, based on the standard cost.

Materials Quantity Variance

The discrepancy between the actual use of materials in production and the planned use, each multiplied by the predetermined cost per unit.

Variable Overhead

Indirect manufacturing costs that vary with the level of production activity, such as utilities for the manufacturing plant.