Ellery Products manufactures various components for the fashion industry. Ellery buys fabric from two vendors: Ewers Textiles and Bramford Materials. Ellery chooses the vendor based on price. Once the fabric is received, it is inspected to ensure that it is suitable for manufacturing purposes. Ellery disposes of fabric that is deemed unsuitable. The controller at Ellery collected the following information on purchases for the past quarter: Ewers Bramford Total purchases (yards) 21,000 38,100 Fabric discarded (yards) 1,050 4,572 The purchasing manager has just received bids on an order for 800 yards of fabric from both Ewers and Bramford. Ewers bid $2,489 and Bramford bid $2,398. Required: 1-a. Assume that the average quality, measured by the amounts discarded from the two companies, will continue as in the past. What is the effective cost per 800 yards for both Ewers and Bramford? 1-b. Which supplier would you recommend that the purchasing manager select