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Consider the transportation table below. Unit costs for each shipping route are in dollars.
| | Destination | |
| Source | A | B | C | D | E | Supply |
| 1 | $12 | | $8 | | $5 | | $10 | | $4 | | 22 |
| 2 | $6 | | $11 | | $3 | | $7 | | $9 | | 16 |
| Demand | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
The starting solution using the intuitive least cost method is:
(Note: You must enter a shipment in every cell, even if the shipment is 0.)
| | To | |
| From | A | B | C | D | E | Supply |
| 1 | | $12 | | $8 | | $5 | | $10 | | $4 | 22 |
| nothing | | nothing | | nothing | | nothing | | nothing | |
| 2 | | $6 | | $11 | | $3 | | $7 | | $9 | 16 |
| nothing | | nothing | | nothing | | nothing | | nothing | |
| Demand | 8 | | 12 | | 4 | | 5 | | 9 | | |
The total cost of the initial solution developed using the intuitive least cost method =$
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