The local supermarket buys lettuce each day to ensure really fresh produce. Each morning, any lettuce that is left from the previous day is sold to a dealer that resells it to farmers who use it to feed their animals. This week, the supermarket can buy fresh lettuce for $10.00 a box. The lettuce is sold for $21.00 a box and the dealer that sells old lettuce is willing to pay $2.00 a box. Past history says that tomorrow's demand for lettuce averages 262 boxes with a standard deviation of 43 boxes. How many boxes of lettuce should the supermarket purchase tomorrow? Note: Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Number of boxes

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The local supermarket buys lettuce each day to ensure really fresh produce. Each morning, any lettuce that is left from the previous
day is sold to a dealer that resells it to farmers who use it to feed their animals. This week, the supermarket can buy fresh lettuce for
$10.00 a box. The lettuce is sold for $21.00 a box and the dealer that sells old lettuce is willing to pay $2.00 a box. Past history says
that tomorrow's demand for lettuce averages 262 boxes with a standard deviation of 43 boxes.
How many boxes of lettuce should the supermarket purchase tomorrow?
Note: Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
Number of boxes
Transcribed Image Text:The local supermarket buys lettuce each day to ensure really fresh produce. Each morning, any lettuce that is left from the previous day is sold to a dealer that resells it to farmers who use it to feed their animals. This week, the supermarket can buy fresh lettuce for $10.00 a box. The lettuce is sold for $21.00 a box and the dealer that sells old lettuce is willing to pay $2.00 a box. Past history says that tomorrow's demand for lettuce averages 262 boxes with a standard deviation of 43 boxes. How many boxes of lettuce should the supermarket purchase tomorrow? Note: Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Number of boxes
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