Question: Remaining Time: 11 minutes, 22 seconds. Question Completion Status: Question 28 SMC produces steel T-brackets for sale to outside customers. Demand for the brackets is

Remaining Time: 11 minutes, 22 seconds. Question

Remaining Time: 11 minutes, 22 seconds. Question Completion Status: Question 28 SMC produces steel T-brackets for sale to outside customers. Demand for the brackets is variable: average daily demand for the brackets is 1.000, with a standard deviation of 100, over the 250 days of operation in a year. The brackets cost $0.75 each, holding cost $250 per order. Lead time to produce a batch of t-brackets is 2 days. SMC desires to have sufficient stock to cover demand over lead time 95% of the time. How many t-brackets should be produced in each order? (Round to the nearest integer. Be sure to figure annual demand correctly.) a. 29,541 b. 24,500 OC 35,355 d. 17.251 e 15,574 f. 31,888 Moving to another question will save this response

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