Agift shop sells little lentils—cuddly animal dolls stuffed with dried lentils—at a very steady pace of 10 per day, 310 days per year. the wholesale cost of the dolls is $5, and the gift shop uses an annual interest rate of 20 percent to compute holding costs. (a) if the shop wants to place an average of 20 replenishment orders per year, what order quantity should it use? (b) if the shop orders dolls in quantities of 100, what is the implied fixed order cost? (c) if the shop estimates the cost of placing a purchase order to be $10, what is the optimal order quantity?

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.

How does the federal reserve stabilize and safeguard the nation’s economy? (select all that apply.) it distributes currency and oversees fiscal conditions. it implements american monetary policy. it regulates banks and defends consumer credit rights. it regulates and oversees the nasdaq stock exchange.