The National Sales Manager for "I Colored This" (ICT) T-Shirts

question 14

Multiple Choice

The national sales manager for "I colored this" (ICT) T-shirts provides all salespersons with the following opportunity loss table showing the potential lost profit for each purchase decision or act from one to four dozen T-shirts. The probability of demand for each state of nature is also shown. What is the expected opportunity loss of purchasing four dozen T-shirts?

• A) 84
• B) 108
• C) 156
• D) 204

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Definitions:

Barter

The exchange of one good or service for another good or service; a trade.

M2

A measure of the money supply that includes all elements of M1 (cash and checking deposits) plus savings deposits, money market mutual funds, and other time deposits.

M1

A segment of the money supply encompassing all tangible currency, such as bills and coins, in addition to demand deposits, checking accounts, and negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts.

Credit Cards

Credit cards are payment cards issued to users to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services, based on the cardholder's promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus other agreed charges.