Question: Question 4) (transportation- 25 points) Consider the transportation problem having the following parameter table (note that transporting units from plant 2 to city 5, and

Question 4) (transportation- 25 points) Consider

Question 4) (transportation- 25 points) Consider the transportation problem having the following parameter table (note that transporting units from plant 2 to city 5, and from plant 3 to city 3 is not possible). city1 city2 city3 city4 city supply Plant1 13 10 22 29 18 5 Plant2 14 13 16 21 M 6 Plant3 OM 11 6 7 plant 4 18 9 19 23 11 4 plants 34 36 28 3 demand 3 5 4 5 6 30 24 a a) Is this a balanced transportation model? (5 pts) b) Write the LP formulation for this problem. (10pts) c) Solve it with Excel or Lingo, write down the optimal solution on your answer sheet(values of the decision variables and the objective function ). Include your software model and output files (either printout or upload to CANVAS) (10pts)

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