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Daniel Tracy, owner of Martin Manufacturing, must expand by building a new factory. The search for a location for this factory has been narrowed to four sites: A, B, C, or D. The following table shows the results thus far obtained by Tracy by using the factor-rating method to analyze the problem. The scale used for each factor scoring is 1 through 5.

		Site Scores
Factor:	Weight	A	B	C	D
Quality of Labor	10	5	4	4	5
Construction of cost	8	2	3	4	1
Transportation costs	8	3	4	3	2
Proximity to markets	7	5	3	4	4
Taxes	6	2	3	3	4
Weather	6	2	5	5	4
Energy Costs	5	5	4	3	3

a) Which site should Tracy choose?

b) If site D's score for Energy costs increases from a 3 to a 5, do results change?

c) If site A's Weather score is adjusted to a 4, what is the impact? What should Tracy do at this point?

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