Pringles is planning their sales force spending for the next year. each of their salespeople spends about 3400 hours annually actually selling the product. pringles has 40,000 retail customers. considering that the salespeople call on each of their customers on a weekly basis and they spend an average of 45 minutes on each sales call, how many salespeople does pringles need?

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?