Determine the best location for this new facility

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A small manufacturing facility is being planned that will feed parts to three heavy manufacturing facilities.

The locations of the current plants with their coordinates and volume requirements are given in the following table:

PLANT LOCATION	COORDINATES (x, y)	VOLUME (PARTS PER YEAR)
Peoria	293, 302	4,250
Decatur	382, 464	5,850
Joliet	473, 178	3,000

Use the centroid method to determine the best location for this new facility. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

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