Newspaper Boy Problem: Daily demand for a newspaper is independent and identical. Demand can be characterized as follows: Demand in Units 10 20 30 40 50 Probability 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Cost of the newspaper is $1. The newspaper is sold to customers for a price of $1.40. Any unsold newspapers at the end of the day have to be sold as waste, and yields a revenue of $0.25 per copy. How many newspaper must be stocked at the start of the day? Simulate for 100 days, and draw your conclusion.

Powell company began the 2018 accounting period with $40,000 cash, $86,000 inventory, $60,000 common stock, and $66,000 retained earnings. during 2018, powell experienced the following events: sold merchandise costing $58,000 for $99,500 on account to prentise furniture store. delivered the goods to prentise under terms fob destination. freight costs were $900 cash. received returned goods from prentise. the goods cost powell $4,000 and were sold to prentise for $5,900. granted prentise a $3,000 allowance for damaged goods that prentise agreed to keep. collected partial payment of $81,000 cash from accounts receivable. required record the events in a statements model shown below. prepare an income statement, a balance sheet, and a statement of cash flows. why would prentise agree to keep the damaged goods?