Question: Part 1 : Bagel Shop ( 1 4 points ) Sofia operates a small bagel shop in Irvine, near campus. Batches of bagels are baked

Part 1: Bagel Shop (14 points)
Sofia operates a small bagel shop in Irvine, near campus. Batches of bagels are baked fresh every morning. To simplify your analysis, you can assume that Sofia only sells one variety of bagel (your favorite kind!). Sofia estimates that it costs $20 in labor, materials, and energy to produce 24 bagels (she always bakes bagels in batches of 24). She sells each single bagel for $1.95. Demand is typically high, as there are many students near campus who like bagels. Daily demand is Normally distributed with a mean of 300 and a standard deviation of 134. Whenever Sofia has unsold bagels leftover at the end of the day, she sells them to the local grocery store for $0.50 each. The bagels sold by the grocery store won't be as fresh, but they won't be labelled as "Sofias bagels", so this won't erode Sofias brand. Sofia needs your help to determine how many bagels she should bake daily.
Question 1.a:
What is the underage cost and overage cost (per bagel)?
Underage Cost =
Overage Cost =
Question 1.b:
Using the underage and overage costs you just computed, compute the critical ratio. Then, calculate how many bagels Sofia should bake daily to maximize her profit.(Round up to a multiple of 24, since Sofia bakes bagels in batches of 24)
Critical Ratio =
# Bagels to Bake Daily =
Question 1.c: If in the morning Sofia bakes 240 bagels (i.e.,10 batches), how many bagels would she expect to sell to customers that day?
Question 1.d: If in the morning Sofia bakes 240 bagels (i.e.,10 batches), how many bagels would she expect will be left over at the end of the day, to be sold to the grocery store?
Question 1.e: If in the morning Sofia bakes 240 bagels (i.e.,10 batches), in expectation how many customers will arrive at her shop that day to find all of the bagels have already been sold?(Assume each customer wishes to buy exactly one bagel)
Question 1.f: If in the morning Sofia bakes 240 bagels (i.e.,10 dozen), what is her expected profit?
Question 1.g: Now assume that instead of being Normally distributed, daily demand is Uniformly-distributed between 200 and 400(notice the mean is still 300). How many bagels should Sofia bake each day now? (Round up to a multiple of 24, since Sofia bakes bagels in batches of 24).
Question 1.h: Now assume we have historical data for daily demand (all on the same day of the week, so we don't need to worry about seasonal effects). Demands on these ten days were (sorted in order): 110,156,192,241,264,276,288,312,324,345. How many bagels should Sofia bake each day now? (Round up to a multiple of 24, since Sofia bakes bagels in batches of 24).

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