The Total Cost of the Optimal Solution to a Transportation

question 35

Multiple Choice

The total cost of the optimal solution to a transportation problem

• A) is calculated by multiplying the total supply (including any dummy values) by the average cost of the cells
• B) cannot be calculated from the information given
• C) can be calculated based only on the entries in the filled cells of the solution
• D) can be calculated from the original northwest corner solution
• E) is found by multiplying the amounts in each cell by the cost for that cell for each row and then subtracting the products of the amounts in each cell times the cost of each cell for the columns

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Definitions:

Normal Fault

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward relative to the footwall due to tensional forces.

Strike And Dip

Geological terms used to describe the orientation of rock layers, with strike indicating the direction of the layer's horizontal angle and dip indicating its vertical angle.

Horst And Graben

Geological features formed by the movement of the earth's crust, with a horst being a raised fault block and a graben being a lowered block, creating distinctive landscapes.

Footwall

The wall rock beneath an inclined fault.