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$3\mathrm{.}3$ Stocking Warehouses: The Nicklaus Razor Blade Company plans to test market a new blade next month. The blades will be stocked in their three warehouses in the following quantities.

Meanwhile, the carton quantities required by the distributors in the four test markets are as follows.

The unit costs $($in dollars per carton$)$ of shipping the blades from warehouses to distributors are given in the table below.

$($a$)$ NRBC wishes to meet the distributor's requirements at the minimum total transportation cost. Find the optimal plan.

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