The circulation manager of The New York Times in State College, PA is trying to decide how many copies of the upcoming Sunday edition of the paper to order so as to meet the demand of local customers. Each copy of the newspaper costs $2.00 and is sold for $3.00. On Tuesday (following the weekend the newspapers are printed), all unsold copies will be returned to the distributor for a refund of $1.80 per copy. The owner believes that the number of papers she can sell on a typical Sunday is 21,100. She wants to decide how many copies of The New York Times to order so as to maximize expected profit from the sale of this particular newspaper. Required:
Develop a spreadsheet model and a corresponding data table to find the best order quantity among the given alternatives.

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.