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A small manufacturing facility is being planned that will feed parts to three heavy manufacturing facilities. The locations of the current plats with their coordinates and volume requirements are given in the following table
Plant location Coordination (x,y) Volume (parts per yr.)
Peoria 292,295 3,800
Decatur 384,474 5,800
Joliet 480,181 2,800
Use the centroid method to determine the best location for this new facility (round 1 decimal pt.) please. thank you
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