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When looking at the monthly quantities for Extra donuts and Unsatisfied customers, one of these values must always equal ?
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Reason: For any month either demand exceeds supply (unsatisfied customers > 0, extra donuts = 0) or supply exceeds demand (extra donuts > 0, unsatisfied customers = 0). Mathematically:
extra = max(0, stock − demand)
unsatisfied = max(0, demand − stock)
so one of them must be zero.
Reason: For any month either demand exceeds supply (unsatisfied customers > 0, extra donuts = 0) or supply exceeds demand (extra donuts > 0, unsatisfied customers = 0). Mathematically:
extra = max(0, stock − demand)
unsatisfied = max(0, demand − stock)
so one of them must be zero.
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