Question: PLEASE FULL CALCULATION ( ANSWER MUST BE: 2 - DAY RESPONSE = $ 4 1 2 0 . 9 5 , 3 - DAY RESPONSE

PLEASE FULL CALCULATION (ANSWER MUST BE: 2-DAY RESPONSE=$4120.95,3-DAY RESPONSE=$3284.53,4DAY RESPONSE=$3032.21)
Alloy Steel is a steel service center.
All orders are shipped to customers using:
Carrier charges $100 for an order
LTL shipments are charged 0.01x as variable cost
a TL (40,000 pounds) shipment is charged $350(additional)
x : number of pounds of steel shipped on the truck
Currently Alloy Steel ships orders on the day they are received. Allowing for two days in transit, this policy allows Alloy to achieve a response time of two days.
What is the cost advantage of increasing the response time to three or four days?
Demands over two-week period:
\table[[,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday],[Week 1,19,790,17,470,11,316,26,192,20,263,8,381,25,377],[Week 2,39,171,2,158,20,633,23,370,24,100,19,603,18,442]]
 PLEASE FULL CALCULATION (ANSWER MUST BE: 2-DAY RESPONSE=$4120.95,3-DAY RESPONSE=$3284.53,4DAY RESPONSE=$3032.21) Alloy

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