Al Khaleej wholesale corporation distributes its frozen food products to two major clients in the UAE: Food & Stuff and Ready Mate. The delivery makes use of two distribution centers in the region (A and B). The unit cost of delivering the orders through each distribution center is indicated in the table below, along with the available supply at the distribution centers and monthly demand from each client. The management at Al Khaleej is interested to know how many cartons should be shipped from each factory to each customer in order tominimize the total delivery cost.

A Moving to the next question prevents changes to this answer. Question 1 of 11 > Question 1 2.5 points Save Answer Al Khaleej wholesale corporation distributes its frozen food products to two major clients in the UAE: Food & Stuff and Ready Mate. The delivery makes use of two distribution centers in the region (A and B). The unit cost of delivering the orders through each distribution center is indicated in the table below, along with the available supply at the distribution centers and monthly demand from each client. The management at Al Khaleej is interested to know how many cartons should be shipped from each factory to each customer in order to minimize the total delivery cost. Food & Stuff Ready Mate Available Supply Distribution Center A $100 $400 2000 cartons Distribution Center B $300 $200 3000 cartons Total Demand (cartons) 450 cartons 550 cartons a) How many decision variables can be identified in this case? b) How many constraints can be identified in this case? c) What would be the total cost of supply if only Distribution Center A is used? $ d) What would be the direction of the supply constraints ( = or = ) ? e) What would be the direction of the demand constraints ( = or = ) ? > A Moving to the next question prevents changes to this answer. Question 1 of 11 >