Inventory Control A pharmacist wants to establish an optimal inventory policy for a new antibiotic that requires refrigeration in storage. The pharmacist expects to sell
a. Let
b. Find the constraint function.
c. Determine the economic order quantity that minimizes the inventory cost, and then find the minimum inventory cost.
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