Question: Problem 8.23 Question Help Todd's Direct, a major TV sales chain headquartered in New Orleans, is about to open its first outlet in Mobile, Alabama,

Problem 8.23 Question Help Todd's Direct, a major
Problem 8.23 Question Help Todd's Direct, a major TV sales chain headquartered in New Orleans, is about to open its first outlet in Mobile, Alabama, and wants to select a site that will place the new outlet in the center of Mobile's population base Todd examines the seven census tracts in Mobile, plots the coordinates of the center of each from a map and looks up the population base in each to use as a weighting The information gathered appears in the following table Census Population in Census Tract Tract 101 2000 102 5000 103 9.500 104 105 10 200 106 18 000 107 12.000 X, Y Map Coordinates (2444) (2624) (52.45) (48,18) (84,48) (72 18) (84.25) 7000 a) The center of gravity coordinates for the location of the proposed outlet in Mobile, Alabama should be X = 65 44 frouvid your response to two decimal places) y = 29.44 (round your response to two decimal places) b) Census tracts 103 and 105 are each projected to grow by 30% in the next year The new center of gravity coordinates to the location of the proposed outlet in Mobile Alabama should be round your response to two decimal places) Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer. 1 part remaining Clear All Final Check

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