A firm has 4 plants that produce widgets. Plants A, B, and C can each produce 100 widgets per day. Plant D can produce 50 widgets per day. Each day, the widgets produced in the plants must be shipped to satisfy the demand of 3 customers. Customer 1 requires 75 units per day, customer 2 requires 100 units per day, and customer 3 requires 175 units per day. The shipping costs for each possible route are shown in the table below: Shipping Costs   Customer per unit Plant   1   2   3 A   $ 25   $ 35   $ 15 B   $ 20   $ 30   $ 40 C   $ 40   $ 35   $ 20 D   $ 15   $ 20   $ 25   The firm needs to satisfy all demand each day, but would like to minimize the total costs. Which of the following constraints is unnecessary for this problem (xi,j is the number of widgets shipped from factory i to customer j)? A firm has 4 plants that produce widgets. Plants A, B, and C can each produce 100 widgets per day. Plant D can produce 50 widgets per day. Each day, the widgets produced in the plants must be shipped to satisfy the demand of 3 customers. Customer 1 requires 75 units per day, customer 2 requires 100 units per day, and customer 3 requires 175 units per day. The shipping costs for each possible route are shown in the table below: Shipping Costs   Customer per unit Plant   1   2   3 A   $ 25   $ 35   $ 15 B   $ 20   $ 30   $ 40 C   $ 40   $ 35   $ 20 D   $ 15   $ 20   $ 25   The firm needs to satisfy all demand each day, but would like to minimize the total costs. Which of the following constraints is unnecessary for this problem (xi,j is the number of widgets shipped from factory i to customer j)? A.xC,1 + xxC,2 + xxC,3 ≤ 100 B.xA,1 + xA,2 + xA,3 ≤ 100 C.xA,1, xA,2, xA,3, xB,1, xB,2, xB,3, xC,1, xC,2, xC,3 integer D.xA,1 + xB,1 + xxC,1 ≤ 75 E.xB,1 + xB,2 + xB,3 ≤ 100

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A firm has 4 plants that produce widgets. Plants A, B, and C can each produce 100 widgets per day. Plant D can produce 50 widgets per day. Each day, the widgets produced in the plants must be shipped to satisfy the demand of 3 customers. Customer 1 requires 75 units per day, customer 2 requires 100 units per day, and customer 3 requires 175 units per day. The shipping costs for each possible route are shown in the table below:

Shipping Costs   Customer
per unit Plant   1   2   3
A   $ 25   $ 35   $ 15
B   $ 20   $ 30   $ 40
C   $ 40   $ 35   $ 20
D   $ 15   $ 20   $ 25
 

The firm needs to satisfy all demand each day, but would like to minimize the total costs.

Which of the following constraints is unnecessary for this problem (xi,j is the number of widgets shipped from factory i to customer j)?

A firm has 4 plants that produce widgets. Plants A, B, and C can each produce 100 widgets per day. Plant D can produce 50 widgets per day. Each day, the widgets produced in the plants must be shipped to satisfy the demand of 3 customers. Customer 1 requires 75 units per day, customer 2 requires 100 units per day, and customer 3 requires 175 units per day. The shipping costs for each possible route are shown in the table below:

Shipping Costs   Customer
per unit Plant   1   2   3
A   $ 25   $ 35   $ 15
B   $ 20   $ 30   $ 40
C   $ 40   $ 35   $ 20
D   $ 15   $ 20   $ 25
 

The firm needs to satisfy all demand each day, but would like to minimize the total costs.

Which of the following constraints is unnecessary for this problem (xi,j is the number of widgets shipped from factory i to customer j)?

A.xC,1 xxC,2 xxC,3 ≤ 100

B.xA,1 + xA,2 + xA,3 ≤ 100

C.xA,1xA,2xA,3xB,1xB,2xB,3xC,1xC,2xC,3 integer

D.xA,1 xB,1 xxC,1 ≤ 75

E.xB,1 xB,2 xB,3 ≤ 100

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