2. assume the following changes to the underlying budgeting assumptions: (1) 50% of a month’s credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made and the remaining 50% is collected in the following month, (2) the ending merchandise inventory is always 10% of the following month’s cost of goods sold, and (3) 20% of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase and 80% are paid for in the following month. using these new assumptions, calculate or prepare the following:

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?