LAFARGE Lafarge Paving and Construction (Eastern) Limited is the largest supplier of asphalt, NORTH AMERICA aggregates and concrete in the Ottawa area. Lafarge operates several facilities including sites at Boyce Road in South Ottawa, Merivale Road, and Gloucester. On any summer day. trucks arrive to a designated site, are loaded with paving materials and then proceed to the designated work site. The following Excel table describes the truck transportation problem and the unit costs of delivery for the trucks. Lafarge wants to determine the minimum total cost of how many trucks to assign to each facility to move the paving materials to each of the 3 work sites at (i) Nepean, (ii) Barrhaven, and (iii) + nier. Lafarge Transportation Table Work Sites Trucks LaFarge Facilities Nepean Barrhaven Vanier Available South Ottawa 45 Merivale Road 70 Gloucester 50 Trucks Required 40 80 35 Unit Truck Transportation Costs Table ($ per loaded truck) Work Sites LaFarge Facilities Nepean Barrhaven Vanier South Ottawa $99.00 $82.00 $130.00 Merivale Road $78.00 $95.00 $86.00 Gloucester $125.00 $120.00 $55.00