Question: Transportation Problem

The Krampf Railway Lines Company specializes in coal handling. On Friday, April 13 Krampf had empty carts at the following towns in the quantities indicated:

Town                                       Supply of Cars

Morgantown                                       35

Youngstown                                       60

Pittsburgh                                           25

By Monday April 16, the following towns will need coal cars as follows:

Town                                       Demand for Cars

Coal Valley                                        30

Coattown                                           45

Coat Junction                                    25

Coalsburg                                          20

Using a railway city-to-city distance chart, the dispatcher constructs a mileage table for the preceding towns. The result is shown in the table.

Minimizing the total miles over which cars are moved to new locations, compute the best shipment of coal cars. Use the northwest method corner rule and the MODI method.

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