The Manager of the Quick Stop Corner Convenience Store (Which

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The manager of the Quick Stop Corner Convenience Store (which never closes) sells four cases of Stein beer each day.Order costs are $20.00 per order,and Stein beer costs $8.00 per six-pack (each case of Stein beer contains four six-packs) .Orders arrive three days from the time they are placed.Daily holding costs are equal to five percent of the cost of a Stein beer case. If he were to order 16 cases of Stein beer at a time,what would be the average inventory level?

• A)4 cases
• B)12 cases
• C)8 cases
• D)20 cases
• E)16 cases

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