Use the Table Below to Answer the Following Question(s) -According to the Model, What Is the Weighted Distance Between

question 25

Multiple Choice

Use the table below to answer the following question(s) .
Shirley Templeton is a real estate agent for Paralol Realty.Shirley is given the responsibility to manage potential customers for 5 of the Realty's bungalows.These 5 bungalows are situated in close proximity.In order to make traveling easire, Shirley decides to move to a location closer to the 5 bungalows.The table below gives the location (X and Y coordinates) of the 5 bungalows along with the number of trips she would have to make to each bungalow.Create a nonlinear model based on the data given in the table below noting that the objective is to reduce the weighted distance between Shirley's accommodation and the 5 bungalows.
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Bungalow Location }\\\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l}\hline & & & \\\hline \text { Data } & \text { X-coordinate } & Y \text {-coordinate } & \text { Trips/Month } \\\hline \text { Location } & 0 & 0 & 6 \\\hline \text { Bungalow 1 } & 25 & 100 & 30 \\\hline \text { Bungalow 2 } & 20 & 75 & 15 \\\hline \text { Bungalow 3 } & 90 & 80 & 28 \\\hline \text { Bungalow 4 } & 60 & 100 & 10\end{array}\end{array}$

-According to the model, what is the weighted distance between Shirley's new accommodation and Bungalow 3?

• A)3152.08
• B)1529.39
• C)346.77
• D)250.78

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