A manufacturer of hospital supplies has a uniform annual demand for 80,000 boxes of bandages. It costs $20 to store one box of bandages for one year and $500 to set up the plant for production. How many times a year should the company produce boxes of bandages in order to minimize the total storage and setup costs? ..... The company should produce boxes of bandages time(s) a year.

A manufacturer of hospital supplies has a uniform annual demand for 80,000 boxes of bandages. It costs $20 to store one box of bandages for one year and $500 to set up the plant for production. How many times a year should the company produce boxes of bandages in order to minimize the total storage and setup costs? ..... The company should produce boxes of bandages time(s) a year.

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter6: Linear Systems

Section6.8: Linear Programming

Problem 5SC: If during the following year it is predicted that each comedy skit will generate 30 thousand and...

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