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A company has determined the "demand points" and their relative locations as follows:
a.If a company desires to locate a manufacturing facility at the center of gravity,what would be the x- and y-coordinates of the facility?
b.If a facility were to be located at (15,15),what would be the load-distance score? (Assume rectilinear distance.)
c.If a facility were to be located at (15,15),what would be the load-distance score? (Assume Euclidean distance.)
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