QUESTION 3 a. Delightful Coffee Limited (DCLL) purchases coffee from Hopeful Harvest Plantations (HHP) in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. HHP sells coffee at four (4) different prices, depending on the size of the order, as shown in Table 3 (below): Table 3. Hopeful Harvest Plantations - Coffee prices Weight of Coffee Price ($USD) Less than 45 kilograms $18 per kilogram 45 to 449 kilograms $17 per kilogram, 450 to 1000 kilograms $16 per kilogram More than 1000 kilograms $15 per kilogram The cost to place an order at DCLL is $50. Annual demand is 4,500 units. The holding (or carrying) cost is 20 percent of the material price. (i) Calculate the EOQ at each Price Break and Indicate which EOQs are feasible and those which are not feasible. Please answer the above question

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a. Delightful Coffee Limited (DCLL) purchases coffee from Hopeful Harvest Plantations (HHP)
in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. HHP sells coffee at four (4) different prices, depending on the size of
the order, as shown in Table 3 (below):
Table 3. Hopeful Harvest Plantations - Coffee prices
Weight of Coffee Price ($USD)
Less than 45 kilograms $18 per kilogram
45 to 449 kilograms $17 per kilogram,
450 to 1000 kilograms $16 per kilogram
More than 1000 kilograms $15 per kilogram
The cost to place an order at DCLL is $50. Annual demand is 4,500 units. The holding (or
carrying) cost is 20 percent of the material price.

(i) Calculate the EOQ at each Price Break and Indicate which EOQs are feasible and those which are not feasible.

Please answer the above question

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