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- The Thor International Company operates four factories that ship products to five warehouses. The shipping costs, requirements, and capacities are shown in the tableau below. Use the transportation method to find the shipping schedule that minimizes shipping cost. Shipping Cost per Case to each Warehouse W2 Factory Сарacity W1 W3 W4 W5 Dummy $5 $5 $4 $7 $0 F1 60,000 $4 $5 $4 $6 $8 $0 F2 80,000 $6 $5 $7 $4 $5 $0 F3 80,000 $5 $9 $6 $7 $4 $0 F4 40,000 Demand 45,000 40,000 30,000 35,000 50,000 60,000 260,000 The minimum shipping cost is S | (Enter your response as a whole number.)Q3) The Cure medical distribution center distributes urgent medical equipment for five local hospitals in Washington DC metropolitan area. Cure Medical distribution would like to invest in a new warehouse in Washington DC to minimize the total distance from five major hospitals. The coordinate of the five hospitals is given below: ( (2) 3 Great Fall (C) (47) 122 (121) Fairfax 10 We W Bu (645) -D (-20, 30)- -E (-40, -30) Colesville Fairland Calpen A (10,60) -B (10,-10) Ⓡ South Lourel stuxent search Refuge (MA A (14) tille (214) pha Bowit (00 X -C (45, -20) 201 C a) Use Solver to determine where the new warehouse should be in to minimize the total distance from 5 hospitals. What are the coordinates of the new warehouse? b) Solve your problem again to minimize the maximum distance between hospitals and the new warehouse. What are the coordinates of the new warehouse?Consider the transportation table below for answering question number 21-25. From To Quezon city Bataan Php 7 Visayas Mindanao Php 10 Php 6 Demand 100 Manila Taguig Supply Php 5 Php 9 Php 12|Php 10 150 200 Php 3 Php 14 50 80 220 400 21. Using Northwest Corner Rule, how many must be supplied from Visayas to Taguig? (a) 170 (b) 180 (c) 190 (d) 200 22. Using Northwest Corner Rule, how many must be supplied from Mindanao to Taguig? (a) 45 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 60 23. Using Minimum Cost Method, how many must be supplied from Visayas to QC? (a) 200 (b) 210 (c) 220 (d) 230 24. Using Minimum Cost Method, how many must be supplied from Mindanao to Manila? (a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 55 25. Using Vogel's Approximation Method, how many must be supplied from Bataan to Taguig? (a)20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 40
- Solve this problem, please: A transportation problem involves the following costs, supply, and demand: Solve the problem by hand using the lowest cost method. To (cost) From 1 3 4 Supply 1 $500 $750 $300 $450 12 400 500 2 650 800 600 17 3 400 700 550 11 Demand 10 10 10 10(iii) Find the initial basic feasible solution for the following transportation problem using VAM. Explain each step. Destination D1 D2 D3 D4 Supply 01 11 13 17 14 250 Origin 02 16 18 14 10 300 O3 Demand 200 225 275| 250 21 24 13 10 4002) Using the cost table of the transportation problem shown below, do the following: a) Develop the appropriate LP model of the problem. WAREHOUSE PLANT A B C D DEMAND 1 5 10 7 20 200 2 3 12 5 25 400 3 8 10 10 18 600 4 7 8 12 30 1000 SUPPLY 200 500 300 1000