A Company Needs to Locate Three Departments (X, Y, and Z)in

question 62

Multiple Choice

A company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I, II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental transportation costs, which are expected to be $0.50 per load meter moved. An analyst has prepared the following flow and distance matrices:

What is the total flow (loads per week) between department Y and department Z?

• A)130
• B)150
• C)180
• D)230
• E)280

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ICD-9-PCS

International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Procedure Coding System; a system used in the United States to classify and code hospital procedures.

ICD-9-CM

The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; a predecessor to ICD-10-CM used for coding and classifying morbidity data from inpatient and outpatient records, primary replaced by ICD-10-CM.

Medicine

The science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, as well as the maintenance of health.

ICD-9-PCS

an abbreviation for the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Procedure Coding System; a system used in healthcare to classify procedures and interventions.