Sweet cider is delivered weekly to Cindy’s Cider Bar. Demand varies uniformly between 300liters and 500 liters per week. Cindy pays 20 cents per liter for the cider and charges 80 centsper liter for it. Unsold cider has no salvage value and cannot be carried over into the next weekdue to spoilage. Find the optimal stocking level and its stockout risk for that quantity

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Sweet cider is delivered weekly to Cindy’s Cider Bar. Demand varies uniformly between 300
liters and 500 liters per week. Cindy pays 20 cents per liter for the cider and charges 80 cents
per liter for it. Unsold cider has no salvage value and cannot be carried over into the next week
due to spoilage. Find the optimal stocking level and its stockout risk for that quantity

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