Use This Information to Answer the Following Questions

question 6

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following questions.
A cake factory can produce cakes at the rate of 500 per day.The factory supplies its cakes to local grocery stores at a rate of 250 per day.The cost to prepare the equipment for producing the cakes is $20.Annual holding costs are $2 per cake.Assume that the factory operates 250 days a year.
-Refer to the information above.What is the optimal EPQ?

• A)1389
• B)1425.68
• C)1250.27
• D)1000
• E)1581.14

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Definitions:

Price Inelastic

A characteristic of a good or service whose demand does not significantly change when its price changes.

Agricultural Products

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Agricultural Industry

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Farm Products

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