XYZ Company is specialized in mangoes distribution in the city of Muscat. Sales are 500 boxes (unit) per month. It costs OR 10 to make and receive an order and holding cost is OR per box per year. The prices depend on quantities purchased such that the order quantities from 1 to 199 at a unit price RO 5; quantity 200 to at a unit price 4.5 RO; and quantity 500 and more at a per unit price of 4 RO. What is the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) while not consider the purchase cost ? Round -up to the nearest integer a. 164 units b. 199 units c. 500 units d. 180 units E. None is correct

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1. XYZ Company is specialized in mangoes distribution in the city of Muscat. Sales are 500 boxes (unit) per month. It costs OR 10 to make and receive an order and holding cost is OR per box per year. The prices depend on quantities purchased such that the order quantities from 1 to 199 at a unit price RO 5; quantity 200 to at a unit price 4.5 RO; and quantity 500 and more at a per unit price of 4 RO. What is the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) while not consider the purchase cost ? Round -up to the nearest integer a. 164 units b. 199 units c. 500 units d. 180 units E. None is correct
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