Regional Supermarket is open 360 days per year. Daily use of cash register tape averages 10 rolls.Usage appears normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2 rolls per day. The cost of ordering tape is $1, and carrying costs are 40 cents per roll a year. Lead time is three days.a. What is the EOQ?

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Regional Supermarket is open 360 days per year. Daily use of cash register tape averages 10 rolls.
Usage appears normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2 rolls per day. The cost of ordering tape is $1, and carrying costs are 40 cents per roll a year. Lead time is three days.
a. What is the EOQ?

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