A hospital buys disposable surgical packages from Pfisher, Inc. Pfisher’s price schedule is $50.25 perpackage on orders of 1 to 199 packages and $49.00 per package on orders of 200 or more packages.Ordering cost is $64 per order, and annual holding cost is 20 percent of the per-unit purchase price.Annual demand is 490 packages. What is the best purchase quantity?

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A hospital buys disposable surgical packages from Pfisher, Inc. Pfisher’s price schedule is $50.25 per
package on orders of 1 to 199 packages and $49.00 per package on orders of 200 or more packages.
Ordering cost is $64 per order, and annual holding cost is 20 percent of the per-unit purchase price.
Annual demand is 490 packages. What is the best purchase quantity?

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