The Financial Manager Is Trying to Minimize the Period's Total

question 7

Multiple Choice

The financial manager is trying to minimize the period's total inventory purchase costs.All other things held constant,the existence of quantity discounts on inputs would generally cause the company to order _________ quantity of those inputs,relative to the EOQ quantity.

• A)a higher
• B)a lower
• C)about the same
• D)an indeterminate (effect cannot be determined from the information given)

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