Given the Following Transportation Tableau Where the Numbers in Each

question 19

Short Answer

Given the following transportation tableau where the numbers in each cell represent transportation costs from the specific source to the specific destination with supply figures corresponding to each source and demand figures corresponding to each destination:
$$\begin{array} { l c r c c c } & & &{ \text { Source } } \\& & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { Demand } \\\hline & 1 & \$ 2.2 & 2.4 & 2.1 & 350 \\{ \text { Destination } }& 2 & 3.4 & 3.2 & 3.6 & 400 \\& 3 & 1.9 & 1.8 & 2.1 & 200 \\Supply&&200 & 300 & 450\\\hline\end{array}$$
-According to the Vogel's Approximation Method, the initial solution would give to cell B2 a loading of ________.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output generated by increasing one unit of a specific input, keeping other inputs constant.

Labor

The human effort, both physical and mental, used in the production of goods and services.

Average Product

The quantity of goods produced per unit of input, determined by dividing the overall output by the amount of input used.