question archive Kelly’s Garden supplies have opened up a wholesale nursery delivering seedlings to towns in Southern NSW
Kelly’s Garden supplies have opened up a wholesale nursery delivering seedlings to towns in Southern NSW
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Kelly’s Garden supplies have opened up a wholesale nursery delivering seedlings to towns in Southern NSW. Because of the fragility of the product it is decided to establish a distribution centre to become a central hub within a 2 hour drive of all outlets to ensure freshness and maintain quality. The towns and deliveries are listed in the table.
|
Towns |
Map coordinate (x, y) |
Deliveries per week |
|
Finley |
(2, 3) |
5 |
|
Jerilderie |
(3, 4) |
7 |
|
Griffith |
(3, 7) |
15 |
|
Wagga Wagga |
(4, 5) |
17 |
|
Cootamundra |
(8, 6) |
6 |
|
West Wyalong |
(6, 9) |
5 |
|
Gundagai |
(8,5) |
5 |
(a) Near which centre should the centre be located?
(b) If Forbes (8x, 10y) 5 deliveries and Cowra 5 deliveries (10x, 8y) were added would it change the location. (add rows to the table and include the extra destinations)?
(c) What other factors would impact on your location decision?
