What is the annual cost of ordering and holding​ inventory? _ per year ​(round response to two decimal​ places).

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Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation.​ Thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,050 units per year. The cost of each unit is $99​, and the inventory carrying cost is ​$11 per unit per year. The average ordering cost is ​$29 per order. It takes about 5 days for an order to​ arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 121 units.​ (This is a corporate​ operation, and there are 250 working days per​ year).
The EOQ is 178.61 
 
The average inventory if the EOQ is​ used is 89.30 units
 
The optimal number of orders per​ year is 33.87 orders
 
The optimal number of days in between any two​ orders= 7.38 days
 
What is the annual cost of ordering and holding​ inventory? _ per year ​(round response to two decimal​ places).
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