Exhibit Cartwright Computing Cartwright Computing Expects to Order 126,000 Memory Chips for Inventory

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit Cartwright Computing
Cartwright Computing expects to order 126,000 memory chips for inventory during the coming year, and it will use this inventory at a constant rate.Fixed ordering costs are $200 per order; the purchase price per chip is $25; and the firm's inventory carrying costs is equal to 20 percent of the purchase price.(Assume a 360-day year.)
-Refer to Exhibit Cartwright Computing.If Cartwright holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips, what is Cartwright's minimum cost of ordering and carrying inventory?

• A) $28,500
• B) $15,950
• C) $68,440
• D) $34,220
• E) $47,693

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Definitions:

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of goods supplied equals the quantity of goods demanded, leading to market balance.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation where a small price change results in an infinite change in the quantity demanded or supplied.

Supply

The total amount of a good or service available for purchase at any given price level in a market.

Inelastic Demand

A situation where the quantity demanded of a good or service changes very little when its price changes.