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'(1 pt) A machine shop manufactures custom brake disks for high performance cars. The shop needs to meet a demand of 1700 units per year: For each production run there is a setup cost of 1900 dollars, and there is a cost of 80 dollars per unit for materials and supplies. Storage of unsold units costs the shop 17 dollars per year: How many units should the shop produce on each production run in order to minimize inventory costs (setup plus storage)? Round your answer to the nearest integer'

          '(1 pt) A machine shop manufactures custom brake disks for high performance cars. The shop needs to meet a demand of 1700 units per year: For each production run there is a setup cost of 1900 dollars, and there is a cost of 80 dollars per unit for materials and supplies. Storage of unsold units costs the shop 17 dollars per year: How many units should the shop produce on each production run in order to minimize inventory costs (setup plus storage)? Round your answer to the nearest integer'

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals

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The total cost consists of the setup cost, the production cost, and the storage cost. The setup cost is $1900 per production run. If we produce x units per run, then the number of runs per year is 1700/x. So the total setup cost per year is 1900*(1700/x). The Show more…

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'(1 pt) A machine shop manufactures custom brake disks for high performance cars. The shop needs to meet a demand of 1700 units per year: For each production run there is a setup cost of 1900 dollars, and there is a cost of 80 dollars per unit for materials and supplies. Storage of unsold units costs the shop 17 dollars per year: How many units should the shop produce on each production run in order to minimize inventory costs (setup plus storage)? Round your answer to the nearest integer'

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