Question: Goop Inc needs to order a raw material to make a special polymer. The demand for the polymer is forecasted to be Normally distributed with

Goop Inc needs to order a raw material to make a special polymer. The demand for the polymer is forecasted to be Normally distributed with a mean of 450 gallons and a standard deviation of 150 gallons. Goop sells the polymer for $25 per gallon. Goops purchases raw material for $10 per gallon and Goop must spend $9 per gallon to dispose off all unused raw material due to government regulations. (One gallon of raw material yields one gallon of polymer.) If demand is more than Goop can make, then Goop sells only what they made and the rest of demand is lost.
Suppose Goop purchases 450 gallons of raw material. How much should they expect to
spend on disposal costs (in $s)?

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