There are 76 pecan growers in NM. These growers sell to 32 different countries. In addition to the U.S. A son of one of the growers Oswald attended university and learned that the addition of an intermediary does not necessarily increase the price to the final customers. He told his father that the producers might even be able to add more than one intermediary and still have a more efficient distribution system. Without intermediaries, how many transactions are there between the growers and the buyers? If you add one intermediary, how many transactions would there be?
a. 3,329 & 110
b. 2,508 & 109
c. 2,147 & 567
d. 2,432 & 108
e. none of the above
second part: In the situation from the previous item. How many intermediaries could be added before the distribution channel actually becomes less effieicnet than not having any intermediaries at all?
a. 22
b. 23
c. 61
d. 13
e. 24