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Cаse Descriptiоn 6 Liоn-Mаrt, а retail firm is planning tо expand its activities in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The firm has to supply four regions, namely, State College, Bellefonte, Philipsburg, and Liberty. The annual demand of the four regions are given in Table 2.   Table 2. Annual Demand  Region Annual Demand State College 3000 Bellefonte 2500 Philipsburg 2000   As shown in Figure 3, Lion-Mart is considering to lease up to 1 warehouse in Centre County to satisfy the demand and each warehouse has a capacity restriction. Therefore, the quantity shipped by a warehouse is restricted by its capacity. Figure 3. Supply Chain Network   Both, Warehouse 1 and Warehouse 2 can supply all the demand regions; There is a fixed annual cost for leasing the warehouse. In addition, each warehouse has an associated unit operating cost. Table 3 gives the data on capacity, fixed annual cost, and operating costs.     Table 3. Warehouse data Warehouse Capacity Fixed Annual Cost Unit Operating Cost 1 9000 $10,000 $5/unit 2 7500 $8,000 $7/unit   The demands of all the four regions must be satisfied and the total cost (fixed annual cost + operating cost) should be minimized. Answer questions 24 through 27 using the information provided in Case Description 6.