Appendix B. Answers to Selected Problems
Chapter 10
10.1. Site 3 has the highest factor rating: 86.56.
10.3. The proposed new facility should be near (7.97, 6.69).
10.5.
Possible locations are 2,5 or 2,4 or 1,5. At least two stations are needed.
10.7. To aid in this analysis, we assign a rating of 4 for each A grade, 3 for a B, 2 for a C, and 1 for a D. Rent receives a weight of 1.0, walk-in traffic 0.90, and distance a weight of 0.72 (which is 80% of the 0.90 weight for traffic).
Downtown rating = 2.24; shopping mall rating = 3.24; Coral Gables rating = 2.42
The shopping mall is recommended.
10.9. Layout #1: ∑∑ TijDij = 600; layout #2: ∑∑ T ...
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