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EXPLANATIONS: I. Your answer report should include solutions (tables and figures) from software as screenshots. II. The LINGO or MsExcel files you build forr the solution should be uploaded. Otherwise, your submission will not be accepted. III. You must upload the answer report in PDF. Before your answer, you must write the following information. Otherwise, your submission will not be accepted. Name Surname: Department: Student ID: "In achieving this activity, I received no assistance from any other individual or used any unauthorized materials." Signature: IV. The deadline for online submission on Itslearning is 11/11/2023 Saturday 19:00. OUESTIONS: 1. A company has 3 factories and 4 markets. The fixed and variable costs, demand in each market, and the capacity of each factory are given in the following table, m is the last digit of your student number. a. Suppose that the executives prefer to shut down one factory. Build the plant allocation model to minimize the total cost. Solve it with LINGO. Interpret the results. ( 30 points) b. What if it is required that each market should be served by a single factory? All three factories will be kept open in this case. Solve the updated model with LINGO. Interpret the results. (30 points) 1. A company has 3 factories and 4 markets. The fixed and variable costs, demand in each market, and the capacity of each factory are given in the following table. m is the last digit of your student number. a. Suppose that the executives prefer to shut down one factory. Build the plant allocation model to minimize the total cost. Solve it with LINGO. Interpret the results. (30 points) b. What if it is required that each market should be served by a single factory? All three factories will be kept open in this case. Solve the updated model with LINGO. Interpret the results. (30 points) 2. The table gives the coordinates (x,y) and the shipping loads for a set of cities that will be connected via a distribution center. Also, unit cost for transporting a unit load in a unit distance is given. m is the last digit of your student number. Where should the distribution center be located? Show four iterations at least. (40 points)