The Materials Manager for a Billiard Ball Maker Must Periodically

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Multiple Choice

The materials manager for a billiard ball maker must periodically place orders for resin, one of the raw materials used in producing billiard balls. She knows that manufacturing uses resin at a rate of 50 kilograms each day, and that it costs $.04 per day to carry a kilogram of resin in inventory. She also knows that the order costs for resin are $100 per order, and that the lead time for delivery is four days. If order size was 1,000 kilograms of resin, what would be the length of an order cycle?

• A) .05 days
• B) 4 days
• C) 16 days
• D) 20 days
• E) 50 days

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Definitions:

Tertiary Circular Reactions

The stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where infants aged 12 to 18 months start to experiment with new behaviors to see the outcomes, showing early signs of problem-solving skills.

Mean Length

In the context of language development, it refers to the average length of utterances, often measured in morphemes or words, used as an indicator of linguistic proficiency in children.

Morphemes

The smallest meaningful units in a language, such as words, prefixes, or suffixes, which cannot be divided further without altering or losing their meaning.

Communicators

Individuals or entities that convey information, thoughts, or feelings to others.