The Friendly Sausage Factory (FSF)
Question
13-2)The Friendly Sausage Factory (FSF) can produce hot dogs at a rate of 5,000 per day. FSF supplies hot
dogs to local restaurants at a steady rate of 250 per day. The cost to prepare the equipment for producing hot dogs is $66. Annual holding costs are 45 cents per hot dog. The factory operates 297 days a year.
| a. | Find the optimal run size. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) |
| Optimal run size |
| b. | Find the number of runs per year. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) |
| Number of runs |
| c. | Find the length (in days) of a run. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) |