Consider the following transportation matrix that has an initial feasible solution obtained using the northwest corner rule. It is impossible to apply the stepping stone method to this matrix in its current form. What is the term used to label this condition? How would you overcome this condition to apply the stepping stone method? Apply the necessary fix and solve the problem using the stepping stone method to get an optimum solution:

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