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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