Q3) A farmers' cooperative association plans to build a new sugar mill in Southwestern Louisiana. The primary objective of the mill is to provide the farmers with a place to take their crop for processing that will reduce their transportation costs. The members of the co-op believe that the center-of-gravity method is appropriate for this objective. While there are over 200 sugar cane farms in the region, they are tightly clustered around six villages.Populate the relevant data using your group number below. Using the data below, use the center-of-gravity method to calculate the coordinates of the best location for this All mileage references use the city of Lake Charles as (0,0). VillageMiles East of Lake CharlesMiles North of Lake Charles Sugar Cane tonnageArceneaux90102400*13Boudreaux140603200*13Cancienne20704500*13Darbonne50201200*13Evangeline100806000*13Fontenot1012014000*13

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Q3) A farmers' cooperative association plans to build a new sugar mill in Southwestern Louisiana. The primary objective of the mill is to provide the farmers with a place to take their crop for processing that will reduce their transportation costs. The members of the co-op believe that the center-of-gravity method is appropriate for this objective. While there are over 200 sugar cane farms in the region, they are tightly clustered around six villages.

Populate the relevant data using your group number below.
Using the data below, use the center-of-gravity method to calculate the coordinates of the best location for this All mileage references use the city of Lake Charles as (0,0).

Village	Miles East of Lake Charles	Miles North of Lake Charles	Sugar Cane tonnage
Arceneaux	90	10	2400*13
Boudreaux	140	60	3200*13
Cancienne	20	70	4500*13
Darbonne	50	20	1200*13
Evangeline	100	80	6000*13
Fontenot	10	120	14000*13

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