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44) Which of the following is a plant location methodology that is good for locating a single facility within a set of existing facilities based in distances and volumes of goods shipped?

A) Factor-rating systems

B) Centroid method

C) Decision trees

D) Linear programming

E) Regression analysis

45) In which of the following situations should we not use the transportation method of linear programming?

A) To find a new site location for a plant

B) To minimize costs of shipping "n" units to "m" destinations

C) To maximize profits of shipping "n" units to "m" destinations

D) To determine which corner of a street intersection to locate a retail service facility

E) To locate a finished goods distribution warehouse

46) The centroid method for plant location uses which of the following data?

A) Volume of goods to be shipped between existing points

B) Inbound transportation costs

C) Transport times between facilities

D) Correlation matrix of existing facilities

E) Probabilities and payoffs

47) Plant A is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (100, 200) and has a volume of shipping of 500 units a day. Plant B is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (150, 400) and has a volume of shipping of 200 units a day. Using the centroid method, which of the following is the X coordinate for the new plant location?

A) About 100

B) About 114

C) About 130

D) About 150

E) X coordinate cannot be computed from the data given

48) Plant A is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (200, 500) and has a volume of shipping of 400 units a day. Plant B is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (300, 100) and has a volume of shipping of 300 units a day. Using the centroid method, which of the following is the X coordinate for the new plant location?

A) About 208

B) About 227

C) About 243

D) About 389

E) X coordinate cannot be computed from the data given

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