At what inventory level should he place an order

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Gentle Ben's Bar and Restaurant uses 5,000 quart bottles of an imported wine each year. The effervescent wine costs $3 per bottle and Is served only in whole bottles because it loses its bubbles quickly. Ben figures that it costs $10 each time an order is placed, and holding costs are 20 percent of the purchase price. It takes three weeks for an order to arrive. Weekly demand is 100 bottles (closed two weeks per year) with a standard devlation of 30 bottles. Ben would like to use an inventory system that minimizes inventory cost and will provide a 95 percent service probability. 
b. At what inventory level should he place an order? Note: Use Excel's NORM.S.IN( function to find the z value. Round z value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number. 

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