A toy manufacturer uses 48,000 rubber wheels per year for its popular dump truck series. The firm makes its own wheels,

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A toy manufacturer uses 48,000 rubber wheels per year for its popular dump truck series. The firm makes its own wheels,

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A toy manufacturer uses 48,000 rubber wheels per year for its popular dump truck series. The firm makes its own wheels, which it can produce at a rate of 800 per day. The toy trucks are assembled uniformly over the entire year.carrying cost is $1 per wheel a year. setup cost for a production run of wheels is $45.The firm operates 240 days per year.Determine the following:
1) optimal run size
2) Minimum total annual cost for carrying and setup
3) The length of the production run(Run time)
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