NYC Sanitation Wants to Build a Centrally Located Waste Processing

question 65

Multiple Choice

NYC Sanitation wants to build a centrally located waste processing facility to serve the five boroughs' current recycling locations. The five locations have the properties listed in the following table. What is the approximate center of gravity of these five locations? $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Location } & \text { X-coordinate } & \text { Y-coordinate } & \text { Tonnage } \\\hline \text { Brooklyn } & 5 & 5 & 50 \\\hline \text { Bronx } & 6 & 9 & 50 \\\hline \text { Manhattan } & 4 & 7 & 45 \\\hline \text { Queens } & 8 & 5 & 35 \\\hline \text { Staten Island } & 2 & 2 & 20 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A) 1,050, 1,230
• B) 25, 28
• C) 5.25, 6.15
• D) 5.00, 5.60

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