Question: Wefixit Co. has just signed a contract to handle copy machine repairs for a large printing company in Chicago. The contract covers copy machines at

Wefixit Co. has just signed a contract to handle

Wefixit Co. has just signed a contract to handle copy machine repairs for a large printing company in Chicago. The contract covers copy machines at four locations, in the Loop (downtown), on the North side, on the West side, and on the South side. Wefixit has identified two potential sites for housing their equipment, spare parts, and employees. One site is Northwest of the Loop, and the other on is south of the Loop. The x, y coordinates for the printing company locations and potential sites for Wefixit are as follows: 27 Type Location x coordinate y coordinate Printing Co. Loop 24 18 Printing Co. North side 19 Printing Co. West side 11 19 Printing Co. South side 27 11 Wefixit Northwest of Loop 18 23 Wefixit South of Loop 16 The estimate number of trips per year to each Printing Co. location is: 400 to Loop, 200 to North side, 200 to West side and 100 to South side. (a) Calculate the total load-distance value from each potential Wefixit location. (b) Where should Wefixit be located? 24 (a) load-distance for Northwest - 8,000, load-distance for South - 9,700; (b) South (a) load-distance for Northwest - 8,000, load-distance for South - 9,700; (b) North (a) load-distance for Northwest - 9,700, load-distance for South - 8,000; (b) South None of the above (a) load-distance for Northwest - 9,700, load-distance for South - 8,000; (b) North

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