John owns a thoroughbred horse named prince charming that just ran in the kentucky derby. prince charming came in last, much to john's frustration and embarrassment. john exclaims in a loud voice, "i'm selling that horse to the first person who hands me $10.00 bucks! " john has:
a. made an offer to anyone within hearing distance and will be bound by his offer to the first person who produces $10.00.
b. made a firm offer and will be bound by his offer for a reasonable period of time.
c. made an acceptance to the first person who can produce $10.00.
d. not made an offer because under the circumstances a reasonable person would not conclude that john had intent to make an offer.

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?