Ten producers of garden tools all sell through one wholesaler to five retailers.The number of contacts needed for all of the manufacturers to contact all of the retailers is __________.If the wholesaler were eliminated from the channel,the number of contacts needed would be:

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With the wholesaler, each of the ten producers contacts the wholesaler (10 contacts), and the wholesaler contacts each of the five retailers (5 contacts), totaling 15 contacts. Without the wholesaler, each of the ten producers needs to contact each of the five retailers directly, resulting in 10*5 = 50 contacts.

Ten Producers of Garden Tools All Sell Through One Wholesaler