Aconsulting firm would normally charge $250 an hour with an estimated time of 150 hours for an engagement. it pays its consultants about $55 per hour including benefits, which is a fixed cost as they are on salary. the client has asked the firm to bid on the engagement at an hourly rate of $150 with the balance of the payment contingent upon reaching identifiable milestones. the consulting firm would like to charge a "premium" for added risk due to non-attainment of milestones due to factors outside its control. it considers this premium to be 25% of deferred or contingent billing. what should be the total quoted fee for the engagement, including the contingent payment?

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$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?