Mr. Potato owns potato farms in eastern Idaho and southern Colorado.Raw potatoes are shipped from the farms in eastern Idaho and southern Colorado to be processed in plants located in Washington, Nevada and California.After the potatoes are processed in these plants, they are shipped to three distribution centers in Oregon, Illinois and New York.The network of transshipment routes shown below indicates the costs associated with shipping a pallet of potatoes from the farms to plants and then the costs of shipping from the plants to the distribution centers.

Assume that the supply and demand requirements are as shown in the table below.

FarmSupplyDistribution CenterDemandEastern Idaho7500Oregon5500Southern Colorado6500Illinois4500New York4000

From the table above it is to be understood that eastern Idaho can supply a maximum of 7500 pallets a month, while New York has monthly demand of 4000 pallets.The company would like to determine the lowest cost shipping and distribution plan.Formulate and solve a linear programming model to determine the optimal solution then answer questions #16-17.

How many pallets are shipped through the Washington transshipment point?How many pallets are shipped through the California transshipment point?

Group of answer choices

4500 | 5500

5500 | 1000

7500 | 5500

4000 | 4500

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