The XVZ Tobacco Company purchases tobacco and stores in warehouses located in the following four cities:

The warehouses supply tobacco to cigarette companies in three cities that have the following demand:

The following railroad shipping costs per tonne (in hundred rupees) have been determined:

Because of railroad construction, shipments are temporarily prohibited from warehouse at city A to Bharat Cigarette Company.

(a) Find the optimal distribution for XVZ Tobacco Company.

(b) Are there multiple optimal solutions? If there are alternative optimal solutions, identify them.

(c) Write the dual of the given transportation problem and use it for checking the optimal solution.

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Warehouse Location City A Capacity (Tonnes) 90 City B 50 City C 80 City D 60