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Santa Cruz Bottling is a manufacturer of organic soft drinks on the coast of central California. Its products are enjoying a growing reputation and increased demand throughout the American Southwest. Because of the high cost of transporting soft drinks, it is considering a new plant to serve the states of New Mexico and Arizona. A key concern in its search for a new location is the resultant transportation costs to serve its key markets. Following is a list of cities where its main wholesale customers are located along with estimated annual demand in cases of product for each. CITY X-COORDINATESY-COORDINATES NUMBER OF CASES Phoenix 26,500 365 23,000 Albuquerque 31,600 Santa Fe 865 265 Tucson 815 265 140 465 535 18,500 a. Use the centroid method to recommend a location for the new bottling plant (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Cx Су