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World Foods, Inc., imports food products such as meats, cheese,and pastries to the United States from warehouses at ports inhamburg, Marseilles, and Liverpool. Ships from these ports deliverthe products to Norfolk, New York, and Savannah, where they arestored in company warehouses before being shipped to distributioncenters in Dallas, St. Louis, and Chicago. The products are thendistributed to specialty food stores and sold through catalogs. Theshipping costs ($/1,000 lb.) from the European ports to the U.S.cities and the available supplies (1,000 lb.) at the European portsare provided in the following table:

U.S. City
European Port4. Norfolk5. New York6. SavannahSupply
1. Hamburg$420$390$61055
2. Marseilles51059047078
3. Liverpool45036048037

The transportation costs ($/1,000 lb.) from each U.S. City ofthe three distribution centers and the demands (1,000 lb.) at thedistribution centers are as follows:

Distribution Center
Warehouse7. Dallas8. St. Louis9. Chicago
4. Norfolk$75$63$81
5. New York12511095
6. Savannah688295
Demand604550

Determine the optimal shipments between the Europeanports and the warehouses and the distribution centers to minimizetotal transportation costs.

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