Company Wants to Determine Where They Should Locate a New

question 52

Multiple Choice

company wants to determine where they should locate a new warehouse.They have two existing production plants and will have volume of shipping of 250 units a day.Plant B is located at the (X,Y) coordinates of (150,200) and will have a volume of shipping of 150 units a day.Using the centroid method,which of the following are the X and Y coordinates for the new plant location?

• A)(81,117)
• B)(88,138)
• C)(117,102)
• D)(76,123)
• E)X and Y coordinates cannot be computed from the data given

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