Question: Weekly demand for boxes follows a normal distribution with mean 4 0 3 and standard deviation 3 5 . Each week, a replenishment order is

Weekly demand for boxes follows a normal distribution with mean 403 and standard deviation 35. Each week, a replenishment order is placed with its supplier and the order arrives 4 weeks later. All orders that cannot be satisfied immediately due to the lack of boxes are backordered.
Suppose the company decides to establish an order-up-to level of 400 boxes. At the start of this week, there are 179 boxes in inventory and 65 boxes on order. How many boxes will the company order this week? (report your answer as an integer)

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