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A manufacturer uses 1000 items uniformly throughout the year. The cost to produce the items in-house is $40 for set-up and $5.20 per item. Insurance and taxes are estimated as 12% of average inventory, and it costs $0.80 to store each unit for one complete year. How many of these items should the manufacturer produce at a time?
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