MicrosoftВ® Office ExcelВ® 2007: Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Bpg -- Other)

  1. Use the fax machine data to model the relationship between cumulative fax machines produced and total production cost.

  2. Use the fax machine data to model the relationship between cumulative fax machines produced and average production cost per machine.

  3. A marketing director estimates that total sales of a product as a function of price will be as shown in the table below. Estimate the relationship between price and demand, and predict demand for a $46 price. A 1 percent increase in price will reduce demand by what percentage?

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    Price

    Demand

    $30.00

    300

    $40.00

    200

    $50.00

    110

    $60.00

    60

  4. The brand manager for a new drug believes that the annual sales of the drug as a function of the number of sales calls on doctors will be as shown in the table below. Estimate sales of the drug if 80,000 sales calls are made on doctors.

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    Sales calls

    Units sold

    50,000

    25,000

    100,000

    52,000

    150,000

    68,000

    200,000

    77,000

  5. The time needed to produce each of the first ten airplanes produced is as follows:

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    Unit

    Hours

    1

    1000

    2

    800

    3

    730

    4

    630

    5

    600

    6

    560

    7

    560

    8

    500

    9

    510

    10

    450

    Estimate the total number of hours needed to produce the next ten airplanes.

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