Question 3 The Home Appliance Company has produced a light-weight air conditioner and is now planning to sell to the pub
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Question 3 The Home Appliance Company has produced a light-weight air conditioner and is now planning to sell to the pub
Question 3 The Home Appliance Company has produced a light-weight air conditioner and is now planning to sell to the public. It has four plants that manufacture the air conditioner and four distribution centers. The relevant costs for the problem are provided in Table Q3. The transportation costs are the cost per unit shipped. Table Q3. Cost, production capacity and demand for plants and warehouses Transportation Costs to Warehouse Annual Production From Plant Capacity A B с D $56 $21 $32 $65 12,000 2 18 46 7 35 18,000 3 30 24 61 28 10,000 4 45 50 26 31 16,000 Annual Demand 6,000 14,000 8,000 10,000 1 (a) Formulate a linear programming model for this problem to assist the company in determining the number of air conditioners that should be shipped from each plant to each warehouse to minimize the total cost. (b) Solve the problem using solver.