A manufacturer of cat towers wishes to locate a super assembly facility to meet their cat tower assembly needs for the next millennium. Currently, carpet, cylinders, yarn and fasteners are purchased in bulk from suppliers in North Haverbrook, Ogden, and Springfield in the quantities shown in the table. The super assembly facility would ship to distribution centers located in Seattle, Lubbock, Nashville, and Philadelphia. The locations of all of these cities on an x-y grid, outbound transportation costs on a ton per mile basis, and total tonnage are all contained in the table.

Sources/Markets	Transportation Cost $/ton mile (Fn)	Quantity in Tons (Dn)	Xn	Yn
Supply
North Haverbrook	1.1	650	700	1200
Ogden	1.2	450	250	600
Springfield	1.4	400	225	825
Market
Seattle	2.25	300	50	1200
Lubbock	2.25	200	450	300
Nashville	2.25	500	800	250
Philadelphia	2.25	500	950	1100

What is the cost to transport 500 tons of material between the Springfield and Seattle locations?

		$289,677
		$682,777
		$192,677
		$325,777

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