Parent Corporation for ten years has owned all of the stock of Subsidiary Corporation, which manufactures widgets. Parent's basis in Subsidiary's stock is $500,000. Subsidiary Corporation is insolvent and has no assets to redeem any of the stock that Parent Corporation owns when it liquidates. Nearly all of Subsidiary's gross income during the past five years has come from nonpassive activities. Parent can recognize

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.