Dana Johnson Corp. is considering adding a fourth plant to its three existing facilities in Decatur, Minneapolis, and Carbondale. Both East St. Louis (option 1) and St. Louis (option 2) are being considered.

	From Existing Plants
To	Decatur	Minneapolis	Carbondale	Demand
Blue Earth	$20	$17	$21	250
Ciro	$25	$27	$20	200
Des Moines	$22	$25	$22	350
Capacity	300	200	150

	From Proposed Plants
To	East St. Louis (option 1)	St. Louis (option 2)
Blue Earth	$29	$27
Ciro	$30	$28
Des Moines	$30	$31
Capacity	150	150

Location	Production Costs ($)
Decatur	$50
Minneapolis	60
Carbondale	70
East St. Louis	40
St. Louis	50

Evaluating only the transportation costs:

a. What is the cost considering East St. Louis = $ [ Select ] ["17,400", "18,500", "20,500", "17,250"]

b. What is the cost considering St. Louis? = $ [ Select ] ["17,400", "17,250", "16,500", "18,345"]

c. Which location would you choose? [ Select ] ["Both", "East St. Louis", "Neither", "St. Louis"]

Now use the transportation data and the unit production costs:

d. What is the cost considering East St. Louis? = $ [ Select ] ["63,450", "62,250", "59,600", "60,900"]

e. What is the cost considering St. Louis? = $ [ Select ] ["66,900", "63,250", "60,900", "62,250"]

f. Which location would you choose? [ Select ] ["Neither", "Both", "St. Louis", "East St. Louis"]