Rent’R Cars is a multisite car rental company in Huntsville/Madison area. It is trying out a new “return the car to the location most convenient for you” policy to improve customer service. But this means that the company has to constantly move cars around the city to maintain required levels of vehicle availability at the renting facility. The supply and demand for economy cars, cost of moving vehicles between sites per vehicle are shown below.   From  / To D E F G Supply A $9 $8 $6 $5 50 B   9   8   8    0 40 C   5   3   3   10 75 Demand 50 60 25 30     a.)Draw a diagram by showing supply points, demand points, and connecting arcs.  b.)Define variables, write the objective function and constraints.  c.)Prepare an initial Excel worksheet, check your formulas, and save it. d.)Complete solver parameters, copy it, and save as a file.

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  1. Rent’R Cars is a multisite car rental company in Huntsville/Madison area. It is trying out a new “return the car to the location most convenient for you” policy to improve customer service. But this means that the company has to constantly move cars around the city to maintain required levels of vehicle availability at the renting facility. The supply and demand for economy cars, cost of moving vehicles between sites per vehicle are shown below.

 

From  / To

D

E

F

G

Supply

A

$9

$8

$6

$5

50

B

  9

  8

  8

   0

40

C

  5

  3

  3

  10

75

Demand

50

60

25

30

 

 

a.)Draw a diagram by showing supply points, demand points, and connecting arcs. 

b.)Define variables, write the objective function and constraints. 

c.)Prepare an initial Excel worksheet, check your formulas, and save it.

d.)Complete solver parameters, copy it, and save as a file.

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