1a. Suppose Big Box Office Supply (BBOS) purchases 100,000 office chairs every year. Ordering costs are $95.00 per order and carrying costs are $4.95 per chair. What is BBOSs total inventory cost per year, including both carrying costs and ordering costs, if BBOS orders the EOQ of office chairs? Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. (I think the answer is 9,697.94)

1b. Using the data from problem 1a, Big Box Office Supply (BBOS) is able to negotiate a reduction in the carrying costs to $3.50 per chair, but BBOSs chair supplier offers a quantity discount of $0.25 per chair if BBOS orders 5,000 chairs at a time rather than the EOQ. Determine the beforetax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (Assume the carrying cost remains at $3.50 per chair whether or not the discount is taken.) Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.

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