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Teddy Bower is an outdoor clothing and accessories chain thatpurchases a line of parkas at $10 each from its Asian supplier,TeddySports. Unfortunately, at the time of order placement, demandis still uncertain. Teddy Bower forecasts that its demand isnormally distributed with mean of 2,100 and standard deviation of1,200. Teddy Bower sells these parkas at $22 each. Unsold parkashave little salvage value; Teddy Bower simply gives them away to acharity and receives a tax credit of 20% COGS. Teddy has decided tosell rainboots to supplement its parkas product offerings.Rainboots are also procured from an outside supplier at a cost of$10/rainboot, but this time the supplier is located in SouthCarolina. As a result, it only takes the supplier 3 weeks tofulfill an order (once placed) and it costs $300 to ship the order.As with parkas, demand for rainboots is uncertain; as opposed toparkas, demand for rainboots exists throughout the year. TeddyBower has the ability to carry inventory at a minimal annualcarrying cost estimated to be 10% of the product cost (any unsoldrainboots can be held in inventory to meet future demand). TeddyBower estimates the annual demand for rainboots to be normallydistributed with a mean of 4000 and standard deviation of 1000.Given the high profit margin on rainboots, Teddy Bower does notwant to lose more than 2% of potential sales for rainboots. Whenshould Teddy Bower submit an order to its supplier for (more)rainboots? When the current inventory (in-stock) is… a. between250-350 b. between 350-450 c. between 550-650 d. between 650-750 e.between 750-850 How much should Teddy Bower order? a. 500 to 1000b. 1000 to 1500 f. 1500 to 2000 g. 2000 to 2500 h. 2500 to 3000i.