Answer the Following Question(s) Using the Information Below

question 86

Multiple Choice

Answer the following question(s) using the information below:
Green Grass Incorporated is a distributor of golf balls. Garry's Golf Supplies is a local retail outlet which sells golf balls. Garry's purchases the golf balls from Green Grass Incorporated at $0.75 per ball; the golf balls are shipped in cartons of 72. Green Grass Incorporated pays all incoming freight, and Garry's Golf Supplies does not inspect the balls due to Green Grass' reputation for high quality. Annual demand is 172,800 golf balls at a rate of 3,322 balls per week. Garry's Golf Supplies earns 12% on its cash investments. The purchase-order lead time is one week. The following cost data are available:

-Purchasing at the EOQ recommended level, how many deliveries will be made during each time period?

• A) 2.0 deliveries
• B) 6.0 deliveries
• C) 8.3 deliveries
• D) 12 deliveries
• E) 2.7 deliveries

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Definitions:

Seedless Vascular Plants

Plants that have vascular tissue for the transport of water and nutrients but do not produce seeds, including ferns and horsetails.

Ferns

A group of non-flowering vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have feathery or leafy fronds.

Seeds

Embryonic plants enclosed in a protective outer covering, capable of developing into a new plant under appropriate conditions.

Prothallus

A gametophyte stage, particularly in ferns and lycophytes, that is free-living, photosynthetic, and produces the sexual organs where gametes are formed.