Kayco Stamping in Fort Worth, Texas, ships sheet metal components to a switch box assembly plant in Waterford, Virginia. Each component weighs approximately 25 pounds, and 50 components fit on a standard pallet. A complete pallet ships as freight class classification 92.5. Use Table 15.2 to calculate the shipment cost for the following demand quantities and calculate the shipping cost per component.
a. 3 pallets
b. 13 pallets