Andrea and Phillip have been married for two years when they walk into the local State Farm agent's office. They see a banner (with lots of fine print at the bottom) advertising a new life insurance policy for only $0.98 per thousand. Upon reading the fine print, they discover that the value of this policy is $350,000. If they qualified for this special life insurance promotion, what would their annual premium cost?

Dan mcclure is trying to decide on how many copies of a book to purchase at the start of the upcoming selling season for his bookstore. the book retails at $28.00. the publisher sells the book to dan for $20.00. dan will dispose of all the unsold copies of the book at 75 percent off the retail price, at the end of the season. dan estimates that demand for this book during the season is normal with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 42. a. how many books should dan order to maximize his expected profit? b. given the order quantity in part a, what is dan's expected profit? c. the publisher's variable cost per book is $7.50. given the order quantity in part a, what is the publisher's expected profit?