A company has three plants: a, b, and c, and there are two major distribution centers, d and e. In the current quarter, factories a, b, and c have the capacities 1,000, 1,500, and 1,200 units, respectively. The demands of distribution centers d and e are 2,300 and 1,400 items, respectively. The transportation is conducted by truck at the cost of 8 cents per item per kilometer. Design a transportation problem to minimize transporta- tion costs. The distances are listed (in kilometers):
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d
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e
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a
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80
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215
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b
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100
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108
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c
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102
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68
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