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.
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Towns
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Map coordinate (x, y)
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Deliveries per week
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Finley
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(2, 3)
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5
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Jerilderie
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(3, 4)
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7
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Griffith
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(3, 7)
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15
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Wagga Wagga
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(4, 5)
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17
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Cootamundra
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(8, 6)
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6
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West Wyalong
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(6, 9)
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5
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Gundagai
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(8,5)
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5
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(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?