Reference no: EM131279201
The Charm City Utilities Inc. supplies natural gas to customers in three areas. The company purchases natural gas from four companies: A, B, C and D. Demand forecasts from the three areas, supply from the four companies, and the distribution costs per unit (in thousands of dollars) are as follows:
To Area (Cost in Dollars)
1 2 3 Supply
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A 11 18 15 1000
From B 12 14 16 800
C 10 16 18 600
D 8 14 20 500
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Demand 800 1000 1000
(a) Formulate a linear programming problem to minimize total cost for this transportation problem by defining the decision variables, objective function, and all the constraints.
(b) Solve the linear programming formulation from part (a) by using either Excel or QM for Windows. Find and interpret the optimal solution and optimal value. Please also include the computer output with your submission.
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