Question: Question 3 ( 1 5 points ) Kim electronics sells personal computers through catalogs. Catalogs are printed once every year. Each printing run incurs a

Question 3(15 points)
Kim electronics sells personal computers through catalogs. Catalogs are printed once every year. Each printing run incurs a variable production cost of $10 per catalog. Annual demand for catalogs is estimated to follow the distribution as below:
\table[[Demand,Probability],[4000,0.1],[5000,0.1],[6000,0.3],[7000,0.3],[8000,0.1],[9000,0.1]]
On average, each customer ordering a catalog generates a profit of $40 from sales (this profit doesn't consider a variable production cost of $10 per catalog). Assume that Kim electronics wants only one printing run in each one-year cycle and outdated catalogs will be useless.
a)(5 pts) What is the optimal service level for Kim electronics to maximize its profit?
b)(5 pts ) How many catalogs should be prepared in each run?
c)(5 pts) If the variable production cost increases to $20 per catalog, how many catalogs should be prepared in each run?
 Question 3(15 points) Kim electronics sells personal computers through catalogs. Catalogs

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