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Question 1

A manufacturing company is considering two alternative locations for a new facility. The fixed and variable costs for the two locations are found in the table below. For which volume of business would the two locations be equally attractive? If the company plans on producing 50,000 units, which location would be more attractive?

Glen RoseMesquite
Fixed Costs$1,000,000 $1,500,000
Variable Costs ($ per unit)2523


Question 2

East Texas Seasonings is preparing to build one processing centre to serve its four sources of seasonings. The four source locations are at coordinates shown below. Also, the volume from each source is provided.

a. Calculate the volume-weighted centre of gravity.
b. Calculate the simple centre of gravity (all cities weighted equally).
c. Explain why the two calculations differ.

X-coordinateY-coordinateVolume
Athens, Texas3040100
Beaumont, Texas2015400
Carthage, Texas5560150
Denton, Texas2070250


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jparksx

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Reply 2 on: Dec 3, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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