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Durham Toy, Inc -A Single Facility Is Needed to Meet the Demand of the Location

question 206

Multiple Choice

Table 9.2
Durham Toy, Inc. has five distribution centers at the location coordinates
given as follows. The monthly demand at each center is also given.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \mathrm { DC } & \text { Coordinates } & \text { Demand } \\\hline \mathrm { A } & ( 10,12 ) & 40 \\\mathrm {~B} & ( 25,30 ) & 25 \\\mathrm { C } & ( 8,15 ) & 30 \\\mathrm { D } & ( 11,20 ) & 10 \\\mathrm { E } & ( 25,6 ) & 20 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-A single facility is needed to meet the demand of four regions depicted as follows:
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Region Center } & \text { Coordinates } & \text { Demand } \\\hline \text { A } & ( 2,10 ) & 20 \\\text { B } & ( 7,10 ) & 5 \\\text { C } & ( 2,2 ) & 10 \\\text { D } & ( 7,4 ) & 10 \\\hline\end{array}$$
If the plant is located at A,what is the total load-distance score,assuming Euclidean distance?

• A) less than or equal to 1000
• B) more than 1000 but less than or equal to 1100
• C) more than 1100 but less than or equal to 1200
• D) more than 1200

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