Merv's hardware, a small family-owned store in middletown, sells a 100-pack of garnet sandpaper for $35. the home shoppe, a large retail hardware chain in neighboring morristown, sells the same product for $29. based on this scenario, what would you expect merv's immediate response to be? merv will remove his advertisements and rely on word of mouth. merv will reduce his price to respond to the price competition from the homeshoppe. the homeshoppe will initiate non-price competition with merv. the homeshoppe will raise its price to respond to the price competition from merv.

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?