Given: A rapid transit system serves a metropolitan area consisting of five bus stations spread around in the suburbs. Each morning, busses are dispatched from their night storage and repair barns to these stations from three bus repair barns near the center of town. Data for bus availability at each bus barn, and bus requirements to pick up passengers along each station’s route, along with the costs of dispatching a bus from the bus barns to the stations are given below.
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Bus Stations where busses first pick up riders and finish their routes. |
Busses Required at 5:00 am |
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1 |
30 |
|
2 |
20 |
|
3 |
10 |
|
4 |
10 |
|
5 |
15 |
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Bus repair barns where busses return at 2:00 am for cleaning and repair until leaving at 5:00 am for the rider stations. |
Number of bus cleaning/repair stations available at barns. |
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A |
40 |
|
B |
20 |
|
C |
25 |