Scenario 9.1 Shipments of Product a from a Distribution Center to a to a Retailer

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Scenario 9.1
Shipments of Product A from a distribution center to a retailer are made in lots of 350. The retailer's average demand for Product A is 75 units per week. The lead time from distributor to retailer is 3 weeks. The retailer pays for the shipments when they leave the distributor. The distributor has agreed to reduce the lead time to 2 weeks if the retailer will purchase quantities of 400 per shipment instead of 350 units per shipment.
-Refer to Scenario 9.1. With the change in purchased quantities, the average cycle inventory will:

A) decrease by 75 units.
B) increase by 50 units.
C) decrease by 25 units.
D) increase by 25 units.