Question: Demand for devils food whipped-cream layer cake at a local pastry shop can be approximated using a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 per

Demand for devils food whipped-cream layer cakeDemand for devils food whipped-cream layer cake at a local pastry shop can be approximated using a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 per day. The manager estimates it costs $11 to prepare each cake. Fresh cakes sell for $16. Day-old cakes sell for $10 each. What stocking level is appropriate if one-half of the day-old cakes are sold and the rest thrown out? Use Table C. Stocking level cakes

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