Beagle clothiers uses a weighted score for the evaluation and selection of its suppliers of trendy fashion garments. each supplier is rated on a 10-point scale (10equalshighest) for four different criteria: price, quality, delivery, and flexibility (to accommodate changes in quantity and timing). because of the volatility of the business in which beagle operates, flexibility is given twice the weight of each of the other three criteria, which are equally weighted (the sum of the four weights equals 1). the table shows the scores for three potential suppliers for the four performance criteria. rating criteria supplier a supplier b supplier c 1. price 7 9 6 2. quality 7 6 9 3. delivery 6 9 7 4. flexibility 8 7 9 based on the highest weighted score, which supplier should be selected?

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.