Padilla Electronics stocks and sells a particular brand of microcomputer. It costs the firm $450 each  time it places an order with the manufacturer for the microcomputers. The cost of carrying one  microcomputer in inventory for a year is $170. The store manager estimates that total annual demand  for the computers will be 1,200 units, with a constant demand rate throughout the year. Orders are  received within the minutes after placement from a local warehouse maintained by the manufacturer.  The store policy is never to have stock outs of the microcomputers. The store is open for business  everyday of the rear except Christmas day. Determine the optimal order quantity per order.

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1. Padilla Electronics stocks and sells a particular brand of microcomputer. It costs the firm $450 each 
time it places an order with the manufacturer for the microcomputers. The cost of carrying one 
microcomputer in inventory for a year is $170. The store manager estimates that total annual demand 
for the computers will be 1,200 units, with a constant demand rate throughout the year. Orders are 
received within the minutes after placement from a local warehouse maintained by the manufacturer. 
The store policy is never to have stock outs of the microcomputers. The store is open for business 
everyday of the rear except Christmas day.

Determine the optimal order quantity per order.

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