Use This Information to Answer the Following Questions

question 36

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following questions.
A bakery buys sugar in 15-pound bags.The bakery uses 5000 bags of sugar each year.Carrying costs are $20 per bag per year.Ordering costs are estimated at $5 per order.Assume that the bakery is open 250 days a year and its daily demand is estimated at 20 bags.It takes 5 days for each order of sugar to be filled.
-Refer to the information above.What is the optimal number of orders per year?

• A)200
• B)100
• C)500
• D)300
• E)400

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