Specialty Manufacturing Requires 5400 Gadgets Per Year for Production

question 61

Multiple Choice

Specialty Manufacturing requires 5400 gadgets per year for production. The firm decides to order 120 gadgets at a time. The costs of ordering are $50 per order and carrying costs per gadget are $2. Annual ordering costs are:

• A) $1296.
• B) $2250.
• C) $2940.
• D) $2000.

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