Question Part A Suppose you have aggregated customer demand as: Zone Demand Location Weight A (4, 1) 20 B (-1, -5) 15 C (-3, 1) 25 D (-1, 5) 30 You are considering two...

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Part A Suppose you have aggregated customerdemand as:

Zone

Demand

Location

Weight

A

(4, 1)

20

B

(-1, -5)

15

C

(-3, 1)

25

D

(-1, 5)

30

You are considering two potential new facilities:

One at (1, 0)

One at (0, 1)

Which facility has the shortest sum of distances?

Find the Euclidean distance for each zone

Multiply that distance by its weight

Add all four weighted distances

Part B Using the previous aggregated customerdemand:

Zone

Demand

Location

Weight

A

(4, 1)

20

B

(-1, -5)

15

C

(-3, 1)

25

D

(-1, 5)

30

Again, we compare two potential new facilities:

One at (1, 0)

One at (0, 1)

Which facility has the shortest sum of distances?

Find the metropolitan distance for each zone

Multiply that distance by its weight

Add all four weighted distances

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