-Refer to the Shipping Costs for the Terra Cotta Company

question 90

Multiple Choice

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

• A)The shipping costs from Brighton to Navarre are $12,462.
• B)The shipping costs from Cairo to Navarre are $5,580.
• C)The shipping costs from Cairo to Sacramento are $18,414.
• D)The shipping costs from Fairview to Madison are $18,414.

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