(a) Use the transportation simplex method to solve the above problem
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Transcribed Image Text:### Transportation Problem - Parameter Table
Consider the transportation problem having the following parameter table:
| | **Destination** | | | |
|------------|:---------------:|-------|-------|------------|
| | **1** | **2** | | **Supply** |
| **Source** | | | | |
| **1** | 8 | 5 | | 4 |
| **2** | 6 | 4 | | 2 |
| | | | | |
| **Demand** | 3 | 3 | | |
#### (a) Use the transportation simplex method to solve the above problem
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**Explanation:**
This table represents a transportation problem where we need to determine the optimal shipping schedule from two sources (1 and 2) to two destinations (1 and 2) to minimize the cost.
- The rows represent the sources, with their respective supply values at the far right.
- The columns represent the destinations, with demand values listed below.
- Each cell shows the cost of transporting one unit from the source to the destination.
### Objective:
Find a shipping plan that satisfies all demands and supplies at the minimum cost using the transportation simplex method.
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