Ann Chovies, owner of the Perfect Pasta Pizza Parlor, uses 20 pounds of pepperoni each day in preparing pizzas. Ann works 300 days per year so she needs to buy a total of 6,000 pounds of pepperoni. Order costs for pepperoni are $75 per order, and carrying costs are $.10 per pound per year. Ann has a hurdle rate of 10%, and the pepperoni that Ann buys from her supplier costs $3 per pound. What is the EOQ for pepperoni?
a. 1,000 pounds.
b. 1,500 pounds.
c. 2,000 pounds.
d. 2,500 pounds.

7. problems and applications q7 congress and the president decide that the united states should reduce air pollution by reducing its use of gasoline. they impose a $0.50 tax on each gallon of gasoline sold. suppose they decided to impose the tax on consumers. in the following graph, shows the effect of a $0.50 tax on each gallon of gasoline sold imposed on consumers by shifting the demand or supply curve. demand supply 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 price of gasoline (dollars per gallon) quantity of gasoline (thousands of gallons) demand s 1 s 2 true or false: the price producers receive will be higher if the tax were imposed on consumers. true false if the demand for gasoline were more elastic, this tax would be effective in reducing the quantity of gasoline consumed. true or false: consumers of gasoline are by this tax. true false workers in the oil industry are by this tax.