Pan American Refineries, headquartered in Houston, must decide among three sites for the construction of a new oil-processing center. The firm has selected the six factors listed below as a basis for evaluation and has assigned rating weights from 1 to 5 on each factor:

Subhajit chakraborty, the CEO, has rated each location for each factor on a 1- to 100- point basis.

a) Which site will be recommended based on total weighted scores?
b) If location B€™s score for Proximity to port facilities was reset at 90, how would the result change?
c) What score would location B need on Proximity to port facili-ties to change itsranking?

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FACTOR | RATINGWEİGHT FACTOR NAME Proximity to port fadlities Power-source avaiabifty and cost Workicrce attitude and cost Distance from Houston Community desirability Equipment suppliers in area FACTOR | LOCAT10ผ A 100 50 30 | LOCATION B 80 70 60 80 60 60 | LOCAT。ผ C 80 100 70 60 30 50