Bat 'Em Up Inc., is a company that markets baseball bats to universities. Mr. Homerun, it's CEO, will reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of baseball bats to obtain per order. The annual demand is 100,000 units and the ordering cost is $10 per order. The carrying cost per unit is $2.00. What is their expected annual ordering cost (not including the costs of the goods) if they will use the Economic Order Quantity to place orders?

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Bat 'Em Up Inc., is a company that markets baseball bats to universities. Mr. Homerun, it's CEO, will reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of baseball bats to obtain per order. The annual demand is 100,000 units and the ordering cost is $10 per order. The carrying cost per unit is $2.00. What is their expected annual ordering cost (not including the costs of the goods) if they will use the Economic Order Quantity to place orders?

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