Question: ( Chapter 12: Economic Order Quantity) Taylor Supply is a wholesaler of office supplies and equipment. Taylor purchases cartons of staples from Barker Manufacturing at

(Chapter 12: Economic Order Quantity) Taylor Supply is a wholesaler of office supplies and equipment. Taylor purchases cartons of staples from Barker Manufacturing at $7 per carton (of staples). Taylor incurs a fixed charge of $90 per order to cover order equipment and clerical costs. Taylor has projected sales to be 220,000 boxes next year. Taylor's accounting department has determined the holding cost percentage as 28% annually.

What order quantity (to the nearest carton) will result in Taylor's annual order cost equaling its annual inventory carrying cost?

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4,495 units

23,785 units

404 units

350 units

5,190 units

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