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P68T

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The objective of the transportation problem is to
 a. identify one origin that can satisfy total demand at the destinations and at the same time minimize total shipping cost.
  b. minimize the number of origins used to satisfy total demand at the destinations.
  c. minimize the number of shipments necessary to satisfy total demand at the destinations.
  d. minimize the cost of shipping products from several origins to several destinations.

Question 2

The producer of a certain medicine claims that its bottling equipment is very accurate and that the standard deviation of all its filled bottles is 0.1 ounce or less. A sample of 20 bottles showed a standard deviation of .11 . The test statistic to test the claim is _____.
 a. 400
  b. 22.99
  c. 4.85
  d. 20



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

b



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