Question: please answer part A will give thumbs up. Sam's Cat Hotel operates 49 weeks per year, 6 days per week, and uses a continuous review

please answer part A will give thumbs up. Sam's
please answer part A will give thumbs up.
Sam's Cat Hotel operates 49 weeks per year, 6 days per week, and uses a continuous review inventory system. It purchases kitty litter for $13.00 per bag. The following information is available about these bags >Demand = 75 bags/week Order cost-$60.00/order > Annual holding cost 40 percent of cost > Desired cycle-service level = 80 percent Lead time 2 weeks (12 working days) > Standard deviation of weekly demand=15 bags Current on-hand inventory is 320 bags, with no open orders or backorders a. Suppose that the weekly demand forecast of 75 bags is incorrect and actual demand averages only 50 bags per week. How much higher will total costs ba, owing to the distorted EOQ caused by this forecast error? The costs will be higher owing to the error in EOQ (Enter your response rounded to two decimal prons)

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