-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the lowest non-zero shipping costs are from ______.
A)Downey to Norfolk
B)Knoxville to Mobile
C)Bloomington to Norfolk
D)Chattanooga to Saginaw

Question

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the lowest non-zero shipping costs are from ______.
A)Downey to Norfolk 
B)Knoxville to Mobile 
C)Bloomington to Norfolk 
D)Chattanooga to Saginaw

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The lowest non-zero shipping costs are from Downey to Norfolk because the optimal solution has a shipping cost of 10 from Downey to Norfolk, which is the lowest non-zero shipping cost in the problem.

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for the Allied Motors Company