A company's Inventory balance at the end of the year was $203,300 and $217,000 at at the beginning of the year. Its Accounts Payable balance at the end of the year was $101,000 and $95,300 at the beginning of the year, and its cost of goods sold for the year was $737,000. The company's total amount of cash payments for merchandise during the year equals:

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $