The Difference Between the Assignment and the Transportation Problem Is

question 86

Multiple Choice

The difference between the assignment and the transportation problem is that

• A) total supply must equal total demand in the assignment problem.
• B) the number of origins must equal the number of destinations in the transportation problem.
• C) each supply and demand value is 1 in the assignment problem.
• D) both A and B

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