Pete's Plastics Manufactures Plastic at Plants in Miami, St Formulate the LP for This Problem

question 27

Essay

Pete's Plastics manufactures plastic at plants in Miami, St. Louis and Cleveland. Pete needs to ship plastic to customers in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Chicago. He wants to minimize the cost of shipping the plastic from his plants to his customers. The data for the problem is summarized in the following table.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad Distance Fram Plants to Customers }\\\begin{array} { l c c c c } \text { Plant } & \text { Pittsburgh } & \text { Atlanta } & \text { Chicago } & \text { Supply } \\\hline \text { Miami } & 1200 & 700 & 1300 & 30 \\\text { St. Lauis } & 700 & 550 & 300 & 40 \\\text { Cleveland } & 125 & 675 & 350 & 50 \\\hline \text { Demand } & 40 & 60 & 20 &\end{array}\end{array}$$ Formulate the LP for this problem.

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Definitions:

Psychosis

A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

Manic-depressive

An alternate term for bipolar disorder, a mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings including manic highs and depressive lows.

Obsessive-compulsive

Referring to a disorder characterized by uncontrollable, recurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that the individual feels compelled to repeat.

Schizophrenia

A severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.