Question 42 Daniel Tracy, owner of Martin Manufacturing, must expand by building a new factory. The search for a location for this factory has been narrowed to four sites: A, B, C, or D. The following table shows the results thus far obtained by Tracy by using the factor-rating method to analyze the problem. The scale used for each factor scoring is 1 through 5 . \begin{tabular}{clccccc} \hline & & \multicolumn{5}{c}{ Site Scores } \\ \cline { 5 - 7 } Factor & Factor Description & Weight & A & B & C & D \\ \hline 1 & Quality of labor & 8 & 5 & 3 & 3 & 3 \\ 2 & Construction cost & 9 & 2 & 2 & 4 & 1 \\ 3 & Transportation costs & 7 & 4 & 3 & 3 & 3 \\ 4 & Proximity to Markets & 8 & 4 & 3 & 5 & 4 \\ 5 & Taxes & 4 & 3 & 3 & 4 & 3 \\ 6 & Weather & 5 & 2 & 4 & 3 & 4 \\ 7 & Energy costs & 6 & 3 & 3 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline \end{tabular} a) Based on the given information, the best site for Daniel Tracy is (1) with a total weighted score of (2) b) If site D's score for Energy costs increases from a 3 to a 5, it's a total weighted score will be (3) Then the best site for Daniel Tracy will be (4) with a total weighted score of (5) c) If site A's Weather score is adjusted to a 4 , its total weighted score will be (6)