Given the data in table below:

				Stores
		NY	DC	Charlotte	Philadelphia	Chicago	Boston	Capacity
	Pennsylvania	$30	$10	$24	$24	$25	$21	21,000
	Virginia	$16	$13	$30	$22	$10	$24	28,000
Distribution Centers	North Carolina	$25	$22	$21	$10	$20	$11	19,000
	South Carolina	$19	$23	$29	$22	$13	$26	24,000
	Georgia	$19	$12	$17	$23	$11	$22	28,000
	Ohio	$21	$26	$28	$17	$13	$26	25,000
	Demand	25,400	32,000	24,500	25,000	18,500	19,500

a) Find the fesible solution using the north west strategy.

The number of shipments made from Pennsylvania to NY is

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The number of shipments made from South Carolina to Philadelphia is

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The total cost of the feasible plan is

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b) Using the solver in Excel with the optimal cost, the optimal plan is

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cheaper than the feasible plan obtained using the north west strategy above.