Question: Three plants P 1 , P 2 , and P 3 of a gas corporation supply gasoline to three of their distributors in the city

Three plants P1, P2, and P3 of a gas corporation supply gasoline to three of their distributors in the city located at A, B, and C locations. The plants daily capacities are 4500,3000, and 5000, gallons respectively, while the distributors daily requirements are 5500,2500, and 4200 gallons. The per-gallon transportation costs (in $) are provided in the table below:
Distributor
Plant
A
B
C
P1
0.8
0.5
1
P2
0.7
0.65
0.8
P3
0.5
0.45
0.7
What is the optimal minimized cost?

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