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risk and uncertainty december 2014 specimen paper question 2a

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  • September 1, 2015 at 4:26 pm #269448
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    Cement Co is a company specialising in the manufacture of cement, a product used in the building industry. The
    company has found that when weather conditions are good, the demand for cement increases since more building
    work is able to take place. Cement Co is now trying to work out the level of cement production for the coming year
    in order to maximise profits. The company has received the following estimates about the probable weather conditions
    and corresponding demand levels for the coming year:
    Weather Probability Demand
    Good 25% 350,000 bags
    Average 45% 280,000 bags
    Poor 30% 200,000 bags
    Each bag of cement sells for $9 and costs $4 to make. If cement is unsold at the end of the year, it has to be disposed
    of at a cost of $0·50 per bag. Cement Co has decided to produce at one of the three levels of production to match
    forecast demand. It now has to decide which level of cement production to select.
    Required:
    (a) Construct a pay-off table to show all the possible profit outcomes………………..

    I do not understand the working when we are calculating the disposal cost why do we add the $4 to the $0.05?(as shown by the examiner

    September 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm #269487
    John Moffat
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    It is because it costs $4 to buy and then costs an extra $0.50 to dispose of.

    (If you go to the main F5 page and choose revision kit live, you can watch a lecture where I go through the specimen paper. )

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