Shipping On the same day that the sales department at Duffin House received an order for 600 packages from the OHaganBooks.com Texas headquarters, it received an additional order for 200 packages from FantasyBooks.com, based in California. Duffin House has warehouses in New York and Illinois. The Illinois warehouse is closing down and must clear all 300 packages it has in stock. Shipping costs per package of books are as follows:
New York to Texas: $20 New York to California: $50
Illinois to Texas: $30 Illinois to California: $40
Is it possible to fill both orders and clear the Illinois warehouse at a cost of $22,000? If so, how many packages should be sent from each warehouse to each online bookstore?
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