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Our home construction company consumes nails from our warehouse in 15-pound boxes. We use an average of 1444 boxes a year. The warehouse can provide nails at 38 boxes per day while our usage is 14 boxes per day. It costs $2.40 to place the typical order. Annual carrying costs are $0.60 per box.
What will be our average number of boxes on hand if we order the EPQ boxes in each order? (Keep up to two decimal places in your answer)