LM$.97$ Each week the ABC Company, from Albuquerque, NM receives $79$ separate parcel shipments from a number of different suppliers in the Dallas, TX

area. Each parcel shipment from Dallas to Albuquerque costs $$135.$

Alternate Shipping Method

A Dallas$-$based $3$PL provider has approached ABC Company with a proposal to run a consolidation operation where they would pick up the

supplier shipments each week and load them on to one truck for shipment to Albuquerque. The relative data for this alternative shipping method are as

follows:

Local pickup fee $=$$$42$ pickup fee

Average weight per supplier shipment $=140lbs.$

Local consolidation fee $=$$$38$ per hundred$-$weight

Consolidated TL shipment from Dallas to Albuquerque $=$$$1,015$

What is the total cost of shipping the separate parcel shipments from the Dallas$-$area suppliers to the ABC company location in Albuquerque? $($Display your

answer as a whole number.$)$

How much money would ABC Company save to hire the $3$PL to pickup the shipments from each supplier and consolidate them into one bulk shipment to

Albuquerque? $($Display your answer as a whole number.$)$

At what number of shipments is the cost the same for the two options? $($Display your answer as a whole number.$)$