Suntrek in Problem 28 supplies its finished denim jeans to its customers' distribution centers in the United States in New York and New Orleans, and in Europe in Bristol and Marseilles. Denim jeans require 1.5 yards of denim fabric. Following are the contracted deliveries of jeans for each of Suntrek's customer's distribution centers, and the shipping and handling costs per jeans from the jeans factories to the distribution centers:

Determine the optimal shipments from each jeans factory to each distribution center and the optimal total shipping cost.

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Port/Distribution Centers Denim Jeans Factories New York Bristol Marseilles China India Japan Turkey Italy $0.45 0.40 0.53 0.39 0.47 $0.51 0.47 0.55 0.42 0.48 $0.56 0.48 0.61 0.45 0.52 New Orleans $0.41 0.46 0.47 0.51 0.48 2,400 Jeans Demand (1,000s) 7,127 2,435 3,422