Maxie and Bianca own Umbrella Corporation, LLC, and they are the top producers of black market Goucher Basketball jerseys. Despite prior team records, these jerseys are in hot demand.

Maxie and Rivera operate two factories, Factory 1 and Factory 2. They have large orders from retail stores in three locations: Store A, Store B, and Store C. The transportation costs from Factory 1 to the three warehouses are $22, $14, and $30 respectively. The transportation costs from Factory 2 to the three warehouses are $16, $20, and $24 respectively. Factory 1 can produce at most 120 jerseys per week. Factory 2 can produce at most 100 jerseys per week. Stores A, B and C demand 80, 60, and 70 jerseys each week.

The costs for manufacturing each jersey each week is $6 for Factory 1 and $6.25 for Factory 2.

Maxie and Bianca are savvy businesswomen and want to minimize their costs.Find the number of jerseys that should be shipped from each factory to each store such that the total costs from transportation and manufacturing are minimized.

Enter whole numbers only in the boxes below:

Number of Jerseys to ship from Factory 1:

to Store A:

to Store B:

to Store C:

Number of Jerseys to ship from Factory 2:

to Store A:

to Store B:

to Store C:

Total Minimal Shipping and Production Costs: $ (enter without the $)

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