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Gingerbread Man Company is a quality provider of bread. The company has just won a contract from Walmart to supply four of its stores in Arizona with bread loaves. Walmart 1 Walmart 2 Walmart 3 Walmart 4 a. b. C. X-Coordinate 50 30 140 80 Y-Coordinate 150 40 70 160 Gingerbread Man wants to build its distribution center in the location that would minimize the total distribution miles. Also, Gingerbread Man wants to make it within 100 miles of each customer to ensure the freshness of the loafers. Formulate a nonlinear programming model for this problem. Solve your model in a spreadsheet by using Solver. What is the optimal location for the distribution center? Gingerbread Man Company is a quality provider of bread. The company has just won a contract from Walmart to supply four of its stores in Arizona with bread loaves. Walmart 1 Walmart 2 Walmart 3 Walmart 4 a. b. C. X-Coordinate 50 30 140 80 Y-Coordinate 150 40 70 160 Gingerbread Man wants to build its distribution center in the location that would minimize the total distribution miles. Also, Gingerbread Man wants to make it within 100 miles of each customer to ensure the freshness of the loafers. Formulate a nonlinear programming model for this problem. Solve your model in a spreadsheet by using Solver. What is the optimal location for the distribution center?

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