Question 4McTavish Transportation loads Intermodal containers onto railcars. Each railcar can accommodate a maximumsize load of 60 feet long x 8 feet wide x 8 feet high. McTavish only loads three sized of intermodal containers:ShortStandard20 x 8 x 810 x 8 x 8Container size (L x W x H) (in feet)Price charged to customer:Variable cost per container$ 520280$ 900300Long55 x 8 x 8$ 2,100400McTavish currently has space available on 10,000 railcars. No additional railcars are available.Fixed costs related to loading and the 10,000 railcars is $8,000,000Various customers have the following containers to be loaded. Total demand is as follows:36,000 containers18,000 containers3,000 containersShort:Standard:Long:McTavish can pick and choose which containers are loaded and which customers to accept.Required:A. How many rail cars would be required to satisfy all of the current demand?B. How many of each container type should McTavish load?

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