-Refer to the Shipping Costs for the Allied Motors Company

question 59

Multiple Choice

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors 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,the cost of shipping from Lowell to all markets is approximately ______.

• A)$1,399
• B)$1,687
• C)$969
• D)$1,833

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