Jake is preparing a comparative market analysis on a 5-year-old vacant two-story, 10,000-square foot office building on a one-acre property. jake knows that a vacant lot next door of about the same size just sold for $100,000. he also knows that market value for comparable office space today would be $100 per square foot. the owner agrees with jake that his building has experienced a yearly 3% depreciation of its value. what should jake recommend as a selling price.

Asupermarket has been experiencing long lines during peak periods of the day. the problem is noticeably worse on certain days of the week, and the peak periods are sometimes different according to the day of the week. there are usually enough workers on the job to open all cash registers. the problem is knowing when to call some of the workers stocking shelves up to the front to work the checkout counters. how might decision models the supermarket? what data would be needed to develop these models?