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University Florists Makes Bouquets from a Variety of Materials

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University Florists makes bouquets from a variety of materials.The Daily Special Bouquet is priced at $20.The florist assembles this bouquet each day from a variety of low cost flowers he buys from his flower supplier.The actual cost of flowers ranges uniformly from $2 to $7,with all intermediate values being equally likely.The florist who studied management science many years ago)knows that the time to assemble a bouquet is normally distributed with a mean time of 5 minutes and standard deviation of 1 minute.This will be the time required for all of the Daily Special Bouquets for that day.The florist values his labor time at $10 per hour.Sales are normally distributed with a mean of 10 bouquets per day with a standard deviation of 1 bouquet.What formulas should go in cells B8:B14 to simulate daily profits for the store?
 A  B CD E F1 Initial Conditions: 2 Sales Price $20 Constant 3 Number of Bouquets:  Average 10 Std dev 1 Normal 4 Cost of Flowers  Lo $2Hi$7 Cont. Uniform 5 Labor Time  Average 5 Std dev 1 Normal 6 Labor Cost $10 Constant 78 Cost of Flowers $4.419 Labor Time Min) 2.5510 Labor Cost $0.4311 Total Cost 4.8312 Profit/Bouquet $15.1713 # Bouquets Sold 12.2014 Total Profit $184.99\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline & \text { A } & \text { B } & \mathrm{C} & \mathrm{D} & \text { E } & \mathrm{F} \\\hline 1 & \text { Initial Conditions: } & & & & & \\\hline 2 & \text { Sales Price } & & \$ 20 & & & \text { Constant } \\\hline 3 & \text { Number of Bouquets: } & \text { Average } & 10 & \text { Std dev } & 1 & \text { Normal } \\\hline 4 & \text { Cost of Flowers } & \text { Lo } & \$ 2 & \mathrm{Hi} & \$ 7 & \text { Cont. Uniform } \\\hline 5 & \text { Labor Time } & \text { Average } & 5 & \text { Std dev } & 1 & \text { Normal } \\\hline 6 & \text { Labor Cost } & & \$ 10 & & & \text { Constant } \\\hline 7 & & & & & & \\\hline 8 & \text { Cost of Flowers } & \$ 4.41 & & & & \\\hline 9 & \text { Labor Time Min) } & 2.55 & & & & \\\hline 10 & \text { Labor Cost } & \$ 0.43 & & & & \\\hline 11 & \text { Total Cost } & 4.83 & & & & \\\hline 12 & \text { Profit/Bouquet } & \$ 15.17 & & & & \\\hline 13 & \text { \# Bouquets Sold } & 12.20 & & & & \\\hline 14 & \text { Total Profit } & \$ 184.99 & & & & \\\hline\end{array}

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