Given the following information:

Expected demand during a lead time $=290$ units

Standard deviation of demand during a lead time $=45$ units

Demand during a lead time is distributed Normally:

Refer: z$-$values.

a$.$ Determine the safety stock needed to attain a $1$ percent risk of stockout during a lead time. $($Round the final answer to the nearest whole number.$)$

Safety stock

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b$.$ Would a stockout risk of $2$ percent require more or less safety stock?

$2\%$ stock out risk $->$

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z $->$

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