A Company Has Determined the "Demand Points" and Their Relative

question 87

Essay

A company has determined the "demand points" and their relative locations as follows: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | c | } \hline \text { Demand Points } & X \text {-Coordinate } & Y \text {-Coordinate } & \text { Load } \\\hline \text { A } & 10 & 11 & 150 \\\mathrm {~B} & 21 & 18 & 150 \\\mathrm { C } & 15 & 12 & 200 \\\mathrm { D } & 21 & 15 & 250 \\\hline\end{array}$$ a. If a company desires to locate a manufacturing facility at the center of gravity, what would be the x- and y- coordinates of the facility?
b. If a facility were to be located at (15, 15), what would be the load- distance score? (Assume rectilinear distance.)
c. If a facility were to be located at (15, 15), what would be the load- distance score? (Assume Euclidean distance.)

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