Exhibit 12.5 The Following Questions Use the Information Below

question 46

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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.
-One way to improve performance of a queuing system from the customer perspective is to reduce the number of servers.

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Definitions:

Net Income

Net income is the ultimate profit a company achieves after subtracting all taxes, expenses, and costs from its total income.

Commercial Substance

A situation where the future cash flows of a business are expected to change significantly as a result of a transaction.

Plant Assets

Long-term tangible assets used in the operation of a business that are not intended for sale.

Recognized Immediately

The principle of recording revenues or expenses in the accounting period when they occur, regardless of when cash is received or paid.