Sinclair Plastics operates two chemical plants which produce polyethylene; the Ohio Valley plant which can produce up to 10,000 tons per month and the Lakeview plant which can produce up to 7,000 tons per month. Sinclair sells its polyethylene to three different auto manufacturing plants, Grand Rapids (demand = 3000 tons per month), Blue Ridge (demand = 5000 tons per month), and Sunset (demand = 4000 tons per month). The costs of shipping between the respective plants is shown in the table below:   Grand Rapids Blue Ridge Sunset Ohio Valley 50 40 100 Lakeview 60 50 75 Implement the LP model in Solver and obtain the optimal shipping plan. What is the optimized cost?

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Sinclair Plastics operates two chemical plants which produce polyethylene; the Ohio Valley plant which can produce up to 10,000 tons per month and the Lakeview plant which can produce up to 7,000 tons per month. Sinclair sells its polyethylene to three different auto manufacturing plants, Grand Rapids (demand = 3000 tons per month), Blue Ridge (demand = 5000 tons per month), and Sunset (demand = 4000 tons per month). The costs of shipping between the respective plants is shown in the table below:

 

Grand Rapids

Blue Ridge

Sunset

Ohio Valley

50

40

100

Lakeview

60

50

75

Implement the LP model in Solver and obtain the optimal shipping plan. What is the optimized cost?

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