There are five existing facilities which are to be served by a single new facility. The details of the existing facilities are shown in the following table.

Existing facility 1 2 3 4 5

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Coordinates (a„ b1) 6, 9 15, 6 18, 15 20, 25 15, 10 No. of trips of loads/year (w,) 200 250 300 270 175 Find the optimum location of the new facility such that the total cost of materials handling is minimized based on euclidean location concept.

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