You are asked to manage the inventory system for a particular product at a retail store. The store has collected the following information on this product: Demand = 10,000 units/year Standard deviation of weekly demand = 25 units Ordering costs = $30/order Holding costs = $4/unit/year Cycle-service level = 95% Lead-time = 2 weeks Number of weeks per year = 50 weeksQuestion 1: Currently the store uses the periodic review policy to control the inventory. The optimal control parameter P= weeks and T= units. (Hint: please round your answer to the nearest positive integer number. E. g., answers between 12345.01 and 12345.44 should be rounded down to 12345, and answers between 12345.45 and 12345.99 should be rounded up to 12346) Question 2: Given the above optimal control policy for the periodic review system, the total annual cost for the inventory system is $:. (Hint: please round your answer to the nearest positive integer number) Question 3: Now the store is thinking about switching from the periodic review policy to the continuous review policy for the inventory system. The optimal control parameter R= units. (Hint: please round your answer to the nearest positive integer number) Question 4: Given the above optimal control policy for the continuous review system, The total annual cost for the inventory system is $:. (Hint: please round your answer to the nearest positive integer number)

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of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.