Questions from Management Science


Q: The Dynaco Manufacturing Company produces a particular product in an assembly line

The Dynaco Manufacturing Company produces a particular product in an assembly line operation. One of the machines on the line is a drill press that has a single assembly line feeding into it. A partia...

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Q: The management of Dynaco Manufacturing Company (see Problem 6) likes

The management of Dynaco Manufacturing Company (see Problem 6) likes to have its operators working 90% of the time. What must the assembly line arrival rate be for the operators to be as busy as manag...

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Q: A gas station at a busy highway offers free air service for

A gas station at a busy highway offers free air service for tires of cars that use the pump. The attendant checks tire pressure and inflates or deflates to the recommeded level. On an average, the att...

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Q: A small grocery market has one checkout counter. The counter clerk

A small grocery market has one checkout counter. The counter clerk takes an average of 3 minutes to serve a customer. Customers arrive at the counter at the rate of 15 per hour. The manager of the sto...

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Q: The Hoylake Rescue Squad receives an emergency call every 1, 2

The Hoylake Rescue Squad receives an emergency call every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hours, according to the following probability distribution. The squad is on duty 24 hours per day, 7 days per week: a. Sim...

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Q: A hypermarket sells a specific brand of mobile phones and earns a

A hypermarket sells a specific brand of mobile phones and earns a profit of AED100 per mobile. It incurs a holding cost of AED40 per mobile per month if a stocked mobile is not sold. Holding cost is a...

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Q: University is playing Tech in their annual football game on Saturday.

University is playing Tech in their annual football game on Saturday. A sportswriter has scouted each team all season and accumulated the following data: State runs four basic plays—...

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Q: Each semester, the students in the college of business at State

Each semester, the students in the college of business at State University must have their course schedules approved by the college adviser. The students line up in the hallway outside the adviser&aci...

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Q: A city is served by two newspapers—the Tribune and the

A city is served by two newspapers—the Tribune and the Daily News. Each Sunday readers purchase one of the newspapers at a stand. The following matrix contains the probabilities of a...

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Q: Loebuck Grocery orders milk from a dairy on a weekly basis.

Loebuck Grocery orders milk from a dairy on a weekly basis. The manager of the store has developed the following probability distribution for demand per week (in cases): The milk costs the grocery $10...

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