Question 4.101

71. For each of the situations below, explain whether it seems reasonable to try to model it as a transportation problem.

  1. A supermarket chain is arranging to control costs in supplying the delivery of vegetables from its suppliers to its many branch stores.
  2. A mining company is trying to control the costs of repaving the roads that form the road network within the mine premises.
  3. A company is operating oil refineries to produce gasoline, as well as gasoline stations, to keep the cost of gasoline at the pump down.

71.

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) Yes