a) LAYOUT PLAN A: Distance between work areas (departments) in feet: M D P 20 F 11 5 M D F P 7 9 4 The yearly total material handling cost of the current layout presented in PLAN A = $ 24800 (enter your response as a whole number). b) In Plan B, the proposal is to switch those departments with the high loads, namely, finishing (F) and plating (P), which alters the distance between them and machining (M) and dipping (D), as follows: LAYOUT PLAN B: Distance between work areas (departments) in feet: O M D F P 20 11 7 9 M D F P 5 4 The yearly total material handling cost of the proposed layout presented in PLAN B = $ 22400 (enter your response as a whole number). c) In Plan C, the Machining (M) and Dipping (D) are also switched and the distances are as follows: LAYOUT PLAN C. Distance between work areas (departments) in feet: M D F 9 20 5 7 M D F P 11 4 The yearly total material handling cost of the proposed layout presented in PLAN C = $(enter your response as a whole number). Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check