Given the Following Process Layout Data for Locating Four Departments

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Short Answer

Given the following process layout data for locating four departments (A, B, C, and D) in four areas (1, 2, 3, and 4): $\begin{array}{l}\text { Distances (meters) } \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad \text { Flows (loads per week }\\\begin{array}{rlll}\text { From/To } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline 1 & - & 50 & 100 & 150 \\2 & & - & 50 & 100 \\3 & & & - & 50 \\4 & & & & -\end{array}\quad\quad\begin{array}{rlll}\text { From/To } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { A } & - & 10 & 40 & 50 \\\text { B } & 30 & - & 10 & 70 \\\text { C } & 60 & 10 & - & 40 \\\text { D } & 30 & 50 & 20 & -\end{array}\end{array}$ What is the distance from area 3 to area 1?

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