Wiebe Trucking, Inc., is planning a new warehouse to serve the western United States. Denver, Santa Fe, and Salt Lake City are under consideration. For each location, annual fixed costs are (rent, equipment, and insurance) and average variable costs per shipment (labor, transportation, and utilities) are listed in the attached table. Sales projections range from 550,000 to 600,000 shipments per year.
a. Plot the total cost curves for all the locations on a single graph
b. Which city provides the lowest overall costs?
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1. Wiebe Trucking, Inc., is planning a new warehouse to serve the
western United States. Denver, Santa Fe, and Salt Lake City
are under consideration. For each location, annual fixed costs
are (rent, equipment, and insurance) and average variable costs
per shipment (labor, transportation, and utilities) are listed in
the attached table. Sales projections range from 550,000 to
600,000 shipments per year.
a. Plot the total cost curves for all the locations on a single
graph
b. Which city provides the lowest overall costs?
