Roybow Corporation sells lawn mowers that cost $160 each to purchase and prepare for sale. Annual sales are 5,000 mowers , carrying costs are 20 percent of inventory costs , and Roybow icurs a cost of $32 each time an order is placed. a) what is the EOQ for the mowers b) what will be the total inventory costs if the EOQ amount is ordered?

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Roybow Corporation sells lawn mowers that cost $160 each to purchase and prepare for sale. Annual sales are 5,000 mowers , carrying costs are 20 percent of inventory costs , and Roybow icurs a cost of $32 each time an order is placed. a) what is the EOQ for the mowers b) what will be the total inventory costs if the EOQ amount is ordered? 

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