3.    Cynthia Knott’s oyster bar buys fresh Louisiana oysters for $5 per pound and sells them for $12 per pound. Any oysters not sold that day are sold to her cousin, who has a nearby grocery store, for $1 per pound. Cynthia believes that demand follows the normal distribution, with a mean of 100 pounds and a standard deviation of 15 pounds.   a)    What is the cost of underestimating demand for each pound?  b)    What is the overage cost per pound?  c)    How many pounds of oyster should she order each day?  d)    What is the stockout risk for this order size?

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3.    Cynthia Knott’s oyster bar buys fresh Louisiana oysters for $5 per pound and sells them for $12 per pound. Any oysters not sold that day are sold to her cousin, who has a nearby grocery store, for $1 per pound. Cynthia believes that demand follows the normal distribution, with a mean of 100 pounds and a standard deviation of 15 pounds.  
a)    What is the cost of underestimating demand for each pound? 
b)    What is the overage cost per pound? 
c)    How many pounds of oyster should she order each day? 
d)    What is the stockout risk for this order size?

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