49. chapter mank07t, section .77, problem 077 on holiday weekends thousands of people picnic in state parks. some picnic areas become so overcrowded the benefit or value of picnicking diminishes to zero. suppose that the minnesota state park service institutes a variable fee structure. on weekdays when the picnic areas get little use, the fee is zero. on normal weekends, the fee is $8 per person. on holiday weekends, the fee is $14 per person. the fee system corrects a problem known as the a. tragedy of the commons. b. free rider problem. c. public goods problem. d. coase theorem.

Jimmy's delicatessen sells large tins of tom tucker's toffee. the deli uses a periodic review system, checking inventory levels every 88 days, at which time an order is placed for more tins. order lead time is 22 days. daily demand is a constant 1515 tins, so average demand during the reorder period and order lead time (1010 days) is 150150 tins. draw a sawtooth diagram. assume that the beginning inventory level is equal to the restocking level and the desired service level is 99.9%. what is the safety stock level? (hint: look at the formula for calculating restocking level.) what is the average inventory level? the safety stock level is average inventory level is __chart: time (10,20,30), tins (0,150) lines touching both axisthe safety stock level is 0 tinsthe average inventory level is 75 tins