Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company. Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver. (Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints--except the nonnegativity constraints of the decision variables--should be set as an equal to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution, the shipping cost from all plants to Winston is $28,874.
2. Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company. Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver. (Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints--except the nonnegativity constraints of the decision variables--should be set as an equal to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution the lowest nonzero shipment is from Aberdeen to Lakeland.
3. Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company. Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver. (Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints--except the nonnegativity constraints of the decision variables--should be set as an equal to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution, the quantity shipped from Escondido to Kalamazoo is more than the quantity shipped from Cairo to Kalamazoo.
4. Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company. Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver. (Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints--except the nonnegativity constraints of the decision variables--should be set as an equal to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution, the quantity shipped from Birmingham to Madison is more than double the quantity shipped from Brighton to Madison.


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