Questions from General Business Management


Q: Outdoor Inn, a camping equipment manufacturer in southern Utah, is

Outdoor Inn, a camping equipment manufacturer in southern Utah, is developing a production schedule for a popular type of tent, the Double Inn. Orders have been received for 180 of these to be deliver...

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Q: Outdoor Inn (see Problem 7-41) expanded its tent

Outdoor Inn (see Problem 7-41) expanded its tent making operations later in the year. While still making the Double Inn tent, it is also making a larger tent, the Family Rolls, which has four rooms. T...

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Q: Modem Corporation of America (MCA) is the world’s largest producer

Modem Corporation of America (MCA) is the world’s largest producer of modem communication devices. MCA sold 9,000 of the regular model and 10,400 of the smart (“int...

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Q: Working with chemists at Virginia Tech and George Washington Universities, landscape

Working with chemists at Virginia Tech and George Washington Universities, landscape contractor Kenneth Golding blended his own fertilizer, called “Golding-Grow.” It consists of four chemical compound...

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Q: Raptor Fuels produces three grades of gasoline— Regular, Premium,

Raptor Fuels produces three grades of gasoline— Regular, Premium, and Super. All of these are produced by blending two types of crude oil—Crude A and Crude B. The t...

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Q: The operations manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that demand for

The operations manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that demand for a particular type of guitar may be related to the number of YouTube views for a music video by the popular rock group M...

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Q: Using the data in Problem 4-10, test to see

Using the data in Problem 4-10, test to see if there is a statistically significant relationship between sales and YouTube views at the 0.05 level of significance. Use the formulas in this chapter and...

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Q: Using computer software, find the least-squares regression line for

Using computer software, find the least-squares regression line for the data in Problem 4-10. Based on the F test, is there a statistically significant relationship between the demand for guitars and...

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Q: Students in a management science class have just received their grades on

Students in a management science class have just received their grades on the first test. The instructor has provided information about the first test grades in some previous classes, as well as the f...

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Q: A student taking Management Science 301 at East Haven University will receive

A student taking Management Science 301 at East Haven University will receive one of the five possible grades for the course: A, B, C, D, or F. The distribution of grades over the past 2 years is as f...

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