Problem 18-2 (LO 18-2) A manufacturer has two shipments... A manufacturer has two shipments to make from Minneapolis to Chicago. Both shipments weigh 8,500 pounds. The two shipments can be shipped separately to Chicago at a cost of $2.00 per mile for a total of 409 miles and will take one day for each shipment. The company has a warehouse in Milwaukee where they can consolidate the freight. It would take two LTL shipments at $2.00 per mile to get the freight to Milwaukee for 337 miles and then one full TL shipment from Milwaukee to Chicago at $1.50 per mile for 92 miles. The consolidation cost in Milwaukee is $200 and it takes two days for the trip through Milwaukee. What is the lowest cost to ship the freight and which approach would you select? a. Calculate the cost for each approach and complete the table . b. Which of the followng approaches is the best? direct from minneapolis to chicago consolidating in milwaukee, then to chicago