A company has received a contract to supply cement to three new construction sites located in the cities

A, B, C. Experts have estimated that the amount of cement which will be required at the three

construction sites be

Construction Site Weekly requirement (truck

loads)

A 72

B 102

C 41

The company has three factories located in the cities X, Y and Z that can supply cement. The amount of

cement which can be supplied by each factory is

Factory X Y Z

Cement available (truck loads) 76 62 77

The Company has calculated the delivery cost from each site to each factory. The cost in Rupees is in

the following table.

A B C

X 4 8 8

And 16 24 16

Z 8 16 24

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