Dave's Sporting Goods sells Mountain Mouse? freeze-dried meals.? Dave's uses a continuous review system to manage meal inventories. Suppose Mountain Mouse offers the following volume discounts to its? customers:
1-750 ?meals: ?$6.50 per meal
751 or more? meals: ?$4.50 per meal
Annual demand is 1,800
1,800 ?meals, and the cost to place an order is ?$24. Suppose the holding cost is ?$4.75 per meal per year. How many meals should? Dave's order at a?time?
?Dave's Sporting Goods should order ________ meals at a time to take advantage of the lower cost per unit. ?(Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.?)