Determine the placement of departments in the following floor plan that will minimize total transportation cost using the data in the following tables. Assume that reverse distances are the same. Use a cost of $1 per trip metre. Use the heuristic in the section €œMinimizing Total Transportation Cost or Distance.€

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Locction Location Location Location Distance between Centres of Locations (metres) From ToA BC D 40 80 70 -40 50 60 Number of Trips per Day From-To Departments FromTo 2 3 4 10 20 30 40 40 -25 2 3 50 50 30