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The Corner Newsstand Has Demand for a Certain Weekly Magazine

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The Corner Newsstand has demand for a certain weekly magazine that can be approximated by a Poisson distribution with a mean of 9.0. Magazines are purchased for $1.50. If unsold copies can be returned for half credit and the owner stocks 10 copies, what is the implied range of shortage cost?


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