Mega-Mart, a discount store chain, wants to build a new superstore in the southwest area of the province near four small towns with populations between 8000 and 42,000. The coordinates (in kilometres) of these four towns and the market population in each are as follows:

Determine the best site using the center of gravity technique.

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Town B Town C Town D Town A X = 32 Y = 25 W = 9700 X = 12 Y = 20 X = 30 X= 18 Y = 15 W = 12,000 Y = 7 W = 18,300 W = 26,000