Question threeA company has 3 factories manufacturing the same product and 5 sale agencies in differentparts of the country. Production costs differ from factory to factory and the sales prices fromagency to agency. The shipping cost per unit product from each factory to each agency isknown. Given the following data, find the production and distribution schedules mostprofitable to the company.5 Shippingcost (K)7Factory I 2| 26.10Factory ProductionМаximumсараcity(number ofunits)140cost/unitFactory 2 1089.4(K)18Factory 343820190AgencyDemand161151234574946939119Sales3537363934price (K)6.-23

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