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Over the last few months, Ithaca Precision Instruments (IPI) obtained the following measurements on a key quality characteristic of its product: Over the last few months, Ithaca Precision Instruments (IPI)  obtained the following measurements on a key quality characteristic of its product:   The company's experience has been that a customer will reject a product that deviates from the target quality characteristic of 0.50 by more than 0.004. Each rejection costs the firm $5. Determine the expected loss of the observed quality characteristic for IPI. Round final steps of calculation to 4 decimal places . A) $7.8125. B) $31.2500. C) $78.1250. D) $108.1250. E) $312.5000. The company's experience has been that a customer will reject a product that deviates from the target quality characteristic of 0.50 by more than 0.004. Each rejection costs the firm $5. Determine the expected loss of the observed quality characteristic for IPI. Round final steps of calculation to 4 decimal places .


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