Question: URGENT PLEASE! solve on paper not excel. thanks Question 4: (25 points) A manufacturer has 4 depots and 4 retailers all in different cities. In

URGENT PLEASE! solve on paper not excel. thanks
URGENT PLEASE! solve on paper not excel. thanks
Question 4: (25 points) A manufacturer has 4 depots and 4 retailers all in different cities. In these 4 depots there are 70.95, 125 and 80 products, respectively. Demands of the retailers are 100, 80, 130 and 60 products, respectively. Unit transportation costs from the depots to the retailers are given in the following table. (Some empty tables are given below. Maybe you won't need to use all of the given tables, maybe you will need more tables. In case you will need more tables you may draw some more tables yourself. Your answer should be clear and understandable.) Retailer | Retailer 2 Retailer 3 Retailer 4 8 13 Depot 5 8 2 Depot 2 8 8 9 4 10 4 Depot 3 3 7 5 7 Depot 4 a) Find a basic feasible solution by the Least Cost Cell Method. (5 points) b) Use the solution that you have found in part "a" as your initial basic feasible solution and find the optimal solution by the Transportation Simplex Algorithm. (19 points) c) Compute the total transportation cost of your optimal solution. (1 point)

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