Question: The table below shows the total area under the normal curve for a point that is Z standard deviations to the right of the mean.

The table below shows the total area under the normal curve for a point that is Z standard deviations to the right of the mean.

Z

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.09

0.0

0.5000

0.5040

0.5080

0.5120

0.5160

0.5199

0.5239

0.5279

0.5319

0.5359

0.1

0.5398

0.5438

0.5478

0.5517

0.5557

0.5596

0.5636

0.5675

0.5714

0.5754

0.2

0.5793

0.5832

0.5871

0.5910

0.5948

0.5987

0.6026

0.6064

0.6103

0.6141

0.3

0.6179

0.6217

0.6255

0.6293

0.6331

0.6368

0.6406

0.6443

0.6480

0.6517

0.4

0.6554

0.6591

0.6628

0.6664

0.6700

0.6736

0.6772

0.6808

0.6844

0.6879

0.5

0.6915

0.6950

0.6985

0.7019

0.7054

0.7088

0.7123

0.7157

0.7190

0.7224

0.6

0.7258

0.7291

0.7324

0.7357

0.7389

0.7422

0.7454

0.7486

0.7518

0.7549

0.7

0.7580

0.7612

0.7642

0.7673

0.7704

0.7734

0.7764

0.7794

0.7823

0.7852

0.8

0.7881

0.7910

0.7939

0.7967

0.7996

0.8023

0.8051

0.8079

0.8106

0.8133

0.9

0.8159

0.8186

0.8212

0.8238

0.8264

0.8289

0.8315

0.8340

0.8365

0.8389

1.0

0.8413

0.8438

0.8461

0.8485

0.8508

0.8531

0.8554

0.8577

0.8599

0.8621

1.1

0.8643

0.8665

0.8686

0.8708

0.8729

0.8749

0.8770

0.8790

0.8810

0.8830

1.2

0.8849

0.8869

0.8888

0.8907

0.8925

0.8944

0.8962

0.8980

0.8997

0.9015

1.3

0.9032

0.9049

0.9066

0.9082

0.9099

0.9115

0.9131

0.9147

0.9162

0.9177

1.4

0.9192

0.9207

0.9222

0.9236

0.9251

0.9265

0.9279

0.9292

0.9306

0.9319

1.5

0.9332

0.9345

0.9357

0.9370

0.9382

0.9394

0.9406

0.9418

0.9430

0.9441

1.6

0.9452

0.9463

0.9474

0.9485

0.9495

0.9505

0.9515

0.9525

0.9535

0.9545

1.7

0.9554

0.9564

0.9573

0.9582

0.9591

0.9599

0.9608

0.9616

0.9625

0.9633

1.8

0.9641

0.9649

0.9656

0.9664

0.9671

0.9678

0.9686

0.9693

0.9700

0.9706

1.9

0.9713

0.9719

0.9726

0.9732

0.9738

0.9744

0.9750

0.9756

0.9762

0.9767

2.0

0.9773

0.9778

0.9783

0.9788

0.9793

0.9798

0.9803

0.9808

0.9812

0.9817

2.1

0.9821

0.9826

0.9830

0.9834

0.9838

0.9842

0.9846

0.9850

0.9854

0.9857

2.2

0.9861

0.9865

0.9868

0.9871

0.9875

0.9878

0.9881

0.9884

0.9887

0.9890

2.3

0.9893

0.9896

0.9898

0.9901

0.9904

0.9906

0.9909

0.9911

0.9913

0.9916

2.4

0.9918

0.9920

0.9922

0.9925

0.9927

0.9929

0.9931

0.9932

0.9934

0.9936

2.5

0.9938

0.9940

0.9941

0.9943

0.9945

0.9946

0.9948

0.9949

0.9951

0.9952

2.6

0.9953

0.9955

0.9956

0.9957

0.9959

0.9960

0.9961

0.9962

0.9963

0.9964

2.7

0.9965

0.9966

0.9967

0.9968

0.9969

0.9970

0.9971

0.9972

0.9973

0.9974

2.8

0.9974

0.9975

0.9976

0.9977

0.9977

0.9978

0.9979

0.9980

0.9980

0.9981

2.9

0.9981

0.9982

0.9983

0.9983

0.9984

0.9984

0.9985

0.9985

0.9986

0.9986

3.0

0.9987

0.9987

0.9987

0.9988

0.9988

0.9989

0.9990

0.9989

0.9990

0.9990

Jantel Mitchell's bakery prepares all its cakes between 4 A.M.and 6 A.M.so they will be fresh when customers arrive. Day-old cakes are virtually always sold, but at a 50% discount off the regular

$16 price. The cost of baking a cake is $10,

and demand is estimated to be normally distributed, with a mean of 25

and a standard deviation of 6.

What is the optimal stocking level? Refer to the

standard normal table

for z-values.Part 2

The optimal stocking level for the bakery is

enter your response here

cakes (round your response to the nearest whole number).

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