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Zone Technology is a toy manufacturer that makes innovative simple toys for fast food restaurants around the world. As 3-D printing technology has become much cost-effective, the company plans to set up a giant centralized 3-D printing factory to serve the market. The company buys printing materials and supplies from 2 suppliers and sends finished products to 4 warehouses around the world. The table below gives the location and shipping costs per unit information. Please use Gravity Location Model from our textbook to solve the best location for this centralized factory. Sources/Markets $/(unit Mile) unit Coordinates (Fn) Dn Sources Jefferson City 1.5 500 700 1200 Jacksonville 0.3 4720 250 600 yn 500 Markets Warehouse A Warehouse B Warehouse C Warehouse D 1500 450 175 600 1050 800 1200 300 975 1.5 925 Please copy paste the Y-coordinate of the new factory from the Excel worksheet

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