Question: Inventory Control Red Bookstore wants to ship books from its warehouses in Brooklyn and Queens to its stores, one on Long Island and one

Inventory Control Red Bookstore wants to ship books from its warehouses in

Inventory Control Red Bookstore wants to ship books from its warehouses in Brooklyn and Queens to its stores, one on Long Island and one in Manhattan. Its warehouse in Brooklyn has 1,000 books, and its warehouse in Queens has 2,000. Each store orders 1,500 books. It costs $s to ship each book from Brooklyn to Long Island and $1 to ship each book from Brooklyn to Manhattan. It costs $4 to ship each book from Queens to Long Island and $2 to ship each book from Queens to Manhattan. a. If Red bas a transportation budget of $9,000 and is willing to spend all of it, bow many books should Red ship from each warehouse to each store in order to fill all the orders? b. Is there a way of doing this for less money? [HINT: See Example 4.]

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