An appliance store carries a specialty model of microwave ovens. The demand for the microwave oven is relatively constant at 250
0 units per year. Placing an order costs the store $500 regardless the quantity ordered. Carrying one unit over a one year period costs the store $50. The store opens 300 days per year and the lead time for this item is 12 working days. Because of the special features of the microwave oven, customers may buy it whether it is currently available in the store. Hence, the store is considering selling it on a back order basis if it is beneficial. It is estimated that one unit on back order for a one year period costs the store $150. Assuming the inventory policy of the appliance store does not allow stock out, determine total annual relevant, including the ordering and holding, cost.
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Answer:
Option c) how a consumer might trade off different levels of consumption of each of two goods, while staying at the same utility level.
Explanation:
This is the very definition of an indifference curve. The points in an indifference curve are the combinations of the quantities (level of consumption) of two different goods which will produce the very same utility to the consumer. The consumer will perceive any of those combinations as having the same utility for him.
For example, a usual graph of various indifference curves will look like the graph attached.
In this graph the combination of 2 pairs of shoes and 15 pants will be perceived as having the same utility as the combination of 5 pairs of shoes and 4 pants. Both are combinations in the same indifference curve, the green one, and the utility of any combination lying in that green curve will be rated the same: u = 1.
