Questions from Management Science


Q: You have sued your employer for damages suffered when you recently slipped

You have sued your employer for damages suffered when you recently slipped and fell on an icy surface that should have been treated by your company’s physical plant department. Your injury was suffici...

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Q: Consider a population of 3000 people, 1400 of whom are men

Consider a population of 3000 people, 1400 of whom are men. Assume that 700 of the women in this population earn at least $60,000 per year, and 500 of the men earn less than $60,000 per year. a. What...

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Q: Yearly automobile inspections are required for residents of the state of Pennsylvania

Yearly automobile inspections are required for residents of the state of Pennsylvania. Suppose that 12% of all inspected cars in Pennsylvania have problems that need to be corrected. Unfortunately, Pe...

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Q: Model 8 has fairly high profit margins, but it isn’t included

Model 8 has fairly high profit margins, but it isn’t included at all in the optimal mix. Use SolverTable, along with some experimentation on the correct range, to find the (approximate) selling price...

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Q: The fixed cost of $6 million in the Acme problem is

The fixed cost of $6 million in the Acme problem is evidently not large enough to make Acme abandon the product at the current time. How large would the fixed cost need to be to make the abandon optio...

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Q: Referring to the landowner’s decision problem in Problem 32, suppose now

Referring to the landowner’s decision problem in Problem 32, suppose now that, at a cost of $90,000, the landowner can request a soundings test on the site where natural gas is believed to be present....

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Q: A customer has approached a bank for a $100,000

A customer has approached a bank for a $100,000 one-year loan at an 8% interest rate. If the bank does not approve this loan application, the $100,000 will be invested in bonds that earn a 6% annual r...

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Q: A company is considering whether to market a new product. Assume

A company is considering whether to market a new product. Assume, for simplicity, that if this product is marketed, there are only two possible outcomes: success or failure. The company assesses that...

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Q: The U.S. government wants to determine whether immigrants should

The U.S. government wants to determine whether immigrants should be tested for a contagious disease, and it is planning to base this decision on financial considerations. Assume that each immigrant wh...

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Q: The senior executives of an oil company are trying to decide whether

The senior executives of an oil company are trying to decide whether to drill for oil in a particular field in the Gulf of Mexico. It costs the company $1,500,000 to drill in the selected field. Compa...

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