Question: Please note the numbers may change from one question to another. A publisher sells books to Barnes & Noble at $ 1 4

Please note the numbers may change from one question to another.
A publisher sells books to Barnes \& Noble at \$14 each. The unit cost for the publisher is \(\$ 2\) per book. Barnes \& Noble prices the book to its customers at \(\$ 40\) and expects demand over the next two months to be normally distributed, with a mean of 30,000 and a standard deviation of 8,000. Barnes \& Noble places a single order with the publisher for delivery at the beginning of the twomonth period. Currently, Barnes \& Noble discounts any unsold books at the end of two months down to \(\$ 2\), and any books that did not sell at full price sell at this price.
A plan under discussion is for the publisher to refund Barnes \& Noble \$2 per book that does not sell during the two-month period. Because Barnes \& Noble shares the point-of-sales data with the publisher, the publisher does not require Barnes \& Noble to return all unsold books for verification purpose. Thus, Barnes \& Noble can still sell any unsold books at \$2 each at the end of two month period.
With the arrangement of the refund paid by the publisher for any unsold books, what is the unit overage cost for Barnes \& Noble?
Please note the numbers may change from one

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