When the carrying cost of inventory is expressed as a percentage: A. it is usually the same as the borrowing cost of the organization. B. it must exclude the insurance cost of inventory. C. it usually exceeds 57.5 percent per year. D. the lower it is, the lower the economic order quantity. E. it is multiplied by the material unit cost to calculate the per unit carrying cost.

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Ronnie Mahoney

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6 June, 13:53

When the carrying cost of inventory is expressed as a percentage: A. it is usually the same as the borrowing cost of the organization. B. it must exclude the insurance cost of inventory. C. it usually exceeds 57.5 percent per year. D. the lower it is, the lower the economic order quantity. E. it is multiplied by the material unit cost to calculate the per unit carrying cost.

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Julius Erickson · Answer 1

Option E It is multiplied by the material unit cost to calculate the per unit carrying cost.

Explanation:

The reason is that the carrying cost which is also known as holding cost is the cost of holding a unit material for a year and this can be calculated as:

Holding Cost is also given in percentage of material price and is calculate by multiplying it with the material unit cost to calculate the holding cost per unit per year.

So the option E is correct.