Question: urgent please!!!! Consider the transportation problem with 4 suppliers and 3 customers. The unit transportation costs between suppliers and customers are given in the following
urgent please!!!!
Consider the transportation problem with 4 suppliers and 3 customers. The unit transportation costs between suppliers and customers are given in the following table. Also, the table includes the total inventory levels of the suppliers and the order quantities of the customers.

Calculate the total transportation cost for the optimal distribution plan that satisfies the supply and demand constraints. Do not include the dollar ($) symbol in your answer.
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|cr|rr|rr|c|} \cline { 3 - 8 } \multicolumn{2}{c|}{} & \multicolumn{5}{|c|}{ Customer } & \multirow{2}{*}{ Supply } \\ \cline { 3 - 8 } \multicolumn{2}{c|}{} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{1} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{2} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{3} & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{ Supplier } & 2 & $ & 1.2 & $ & 3.9 & $ & 3.6 & 200 \\ \cline { 2 - 8 } & 1 & $ & 2.4 & $ & 2.9 & $ & 2.2 & 110 \\ \hline & 3 & $ & 3.1 & $ & 3.4 & $ & 3.5 & 140 \\ \cline { 2 - 7 } & 4 & $ & 2.7 & $ & 1.9 & $ & 1.5 & 170 \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{ Demand } & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{150} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{162} & 291 & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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