General Appliance Corporation (GAC) produces refrigerators at three plants: Akron, Evansville, and Chicago. They shipthem to distribution centers in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh. The accounting, production, and marketingdepartments have provided the information in the table given below, which shows the unit cost of shipping between anyplant and distribution center, plant capacities over the next planning period, and distribution center demands. GAC'ssupply chain manager faces the problem of determining how much to ship between each plant and distribution center tominimize the total transportation cost, not exceed available capacity, and meet customer demand.Cincinnati Indianapolis PittsburghCapacityAckron $2.30Evansville $2.35Chicago $1.70Demand 500What is the minimum total transportation cost?$2.50$1.65$1.951000$2.15$2.95$2.9910001200800500

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