Leah Jones is the IT manager at Rock Solid Outfitters, a medium-sized supplier of outdoor climbing and camping gear. Steve Allen

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Leah Jones is the IT manager at Rock Solid Outfitters, a medium-sized supplier of outdoor climbing and camping gear. Steve Allen

, the marketing director, has asked Leah to develop a special web-based promotion. As Steve described it to Leah, Rock Solid will provide free shipping for any customer who either completes an online survey form or signs up for the Rock Solid online newsletter. Additionally, if a customer completes the survey and signs up for the newsletter, Rock Solid will provide a $10 merchandise credit for orders of $100 or more. Leah has asked you to develop a decision table that will reflect the promotional rules that a programmer will use. She wants you to show all possibilities, and then to simplify the results to eliminate any combinations that would be unrealistic or redundant.

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Natasha_Volkova [1K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-22T11:34:30+03:00

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Step 1: Create a table reflecting the three potential scenarios and two possible outcomes. There should be a total of 8 distinct rules for the three varying conditions, structured similarly to the discount table shown here in the example: attached is the discount table

Step 2: The rules can now be made simpler by taking the following aspects into account:

a) When a consumer completes the survey form AND opts into the newsletter, according to Rules 1 and 2, they qualify for a discount if their order exceeds $100. This leads to two distinct rules being formulated while the third condition (order quantity) holds significance.

b) If the buyer fills out the survey form OR subscribes to the newsletter, as indicated by Laws 3, 4, 5, and 6, they will benefit from free shipping, regardless of the order amount. As a result, this situation can be divided into two individual rules, where at least one requirement is satisfied, but not both.

c) When a customer fails to meet any requirements, corresponding to Rules 7 and 8, the order value will not qualify for either free shipping or discount. This can be seen as a single law. The linked simplification table illustrates this.