A Beverage Producer Produces Cola at Two Bottling Plants and Distributes

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Essay

A beverage producer produces cola at two bottling plants and distributes it to 4 major cities in the Southeast.The table below shows the bottling plant capacities,the number of cases to be shipped to each city,and the transport costs ($ per case)between plants and cities.The producer's objective is to meet its delivery requirements while minimizing its total transport costs.
(a)Formulate the firm's linear programming problem.

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