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The manager of a bookstore at City College purchases T-shirts from a vendor at a cost of $25 per shirt. The bookstore incurs an ordering cost of $100 per order, and the annual holding cost is 18% of the purchase cost of a T-shirt. The store manager estimates that the demand for T-shirts for the upcoming year will be 1,800 shirts. The store operates 50 weeks per year, five days per week.

The vendor is willing to offer a quantity discount to the bookstore according to the following schedule:

Order Quantity

Discount

0 to 499

0%

500 to 799

2%

800 to 999

3%

1,000 +

4%

  1. Determine the optimal order quantity and the total annual inventory cost

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