Question 1

Find the shortest route from Node 1 to each of the other nodes in the transportation network represented below.

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Question 2

A water company is analyzing the flow of water through pipes in an office building.The flow capacities are given in the table below.Flow is measured in 100 gallons/hour.What is the maximal flow of water from node 1 to node 5?

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Question 3

When is a dummy destination added to a transportation problem?

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Question 4

Given a network with the following distances:  (a)Determine which nodes should be connected to get the minimum distance flowing from Node 1 through Node 7.
(b)Determine the minimum distance.

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Question 5

Describe the steps of the shortest-route technique.

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Question 6

What is meant by a balanced transportation problem?

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Question 7

The west-to-east air traffic system passing through the United States can handle aircraft flows with capacities in hundreds of planes per hour as shown.What is the peak air traffic load (From City 1 to City 5)in aircraft per hour that this system can handle?

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Question 8

The assignment problem is a special case of the transportation problem.So,then,why is it not recommended to use the transportation algorithm to solve the assignment problem?

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Question 9

A logistics company is determining the shortest route to get to a selected final destination.The information on possible paths and distances is given below:

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Question 10

The east-to-west (City 5 to City 1)air traffic system passing through the United States can handle aircraft flows with capacities in hundreds of planes per hour as shown.What is the peak air traffic load in aircraft per hour from City 5 to City 1 that this system can handle?

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Question 11

Given a network with the following distances:  (a)Determine which nodes should be connected to get the minimum distance from Nodes 1 through 6.
(b)Determine the minimum distance.

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