BGW Technologies $($BGW$)$ stocks a new model of household inverter$-$generator for the South African market.

The following are the details of BGW$$s operations in relations to the retail of the inverters during $2023$:

$$ Ordering cost is R$1,112$ per order

$$ Inventory carrying cost is $2\%$ per annum

$$ Cost of an inverter is R$20,000$

$$ Normal demand is $100$ inverters per week

Required:

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}1.$ Calculate the economic order quantity $($EOQ$).(3$marks$)$

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}2.$ If the supplier is willing to supply quarterly $1,300$ units at a discount of $10\%,$ is it worth accepting?