The initial cost of machinery for producing a certain item is $50,000. The machinery will have a five-year life with no salvage value. The manufacturing process has a fixed cost of $5,000 per year and a variable cost of $16 per unit. At an interest rate of 8% per year, the number of units that must be sold at $20 per unit for breakdown is nearest to:

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $