The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this hiring and layoffs plan is $$265,500($enter your response as a whole number$).$

b$)$ Try a plan that holds employment steady $($level strategy$)$ by producing the average forecast for all four quarters $($enter your responses as whole numbers$).$

$\backslash$table$[[$Quarter$,$Forecast,Level Plan,$\backslash$table$[[$Shortage$],[($Units$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Hire$],[($Units$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Layoff$],[($Units$)]]],[$Production$,\backslash$table$[[$Ending$],[$Inventory$]]],[,,1,500,\frac{?}{\text{b}\text{a}\text{r}}(0),,,],[1,1,300,,,,,]]$