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In the grid, the four factories listed in the first column are F 1, F 2, F 3, and F 4. Their individual capacities, listed in the seventh column, are 80,000, 60,000, 60,000, and 50,000 respectively. The five warehouses listed in the first row are W 1, W 2, W 3, W 4, and W 5. Their individual demands, listed in the fifth row, are 60,000, 70,000, 50,000, 30,000, and 40,000 respectively. At the intersection of the sixth row and seventh column, is the figure 250,000, the total capacity or total demand.

In the top right corners of the row-column intersections are the costs to ship a case from factory to warehouse. They are as follows:

  • The cost to ship a case from F 1 to W 1 is $1; to W 2, $3; to W 3, $4; to W 4, $5; and to W 5, $6. ...

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