Exhibit 12.5 The Following Questions Use the Information Below

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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.
-An arrival process is memoryless if the time until the next arrival occurs is inversely proportional to the time elapsed since the last arrival.

Identify examples of reciprocity and altruism in mutualistic interactions between species.

Analyze the conditions under which reciprocity is likely to evolve and be maintained within animal populations.

Distinguish between different motivations for helping behavior, including selfishness, kin selection, reciprocity, and altruism.

Define and understand the role of behavioral syndromes in animal behavior.

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Definitions:

Silk Flower Arrangements

Artificial flower displays made from silk and other materials, designed to replicate the appearance of natural flowers.

Fixed Cost

A cost that does not change with an increase or decrease in the amount of goods or services produced or sold.

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the level of production or sales, such as materials and labor directly involved in manufacturing.

Marginal Cost

The increase in cost resulting from the production of one additional unit of a good or service.