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The Gold Lines Railway Company specializes in coal handling.

The company would like to minimize total miles over which cars are moved to new locations and compute the best shipment of coal cars.

a) Determine the initial solution using VAM.
b) Using the stepping-stone solution method for the tableau of a), determine the closed path and net mileage change for Pittsburgh to Coal Valley route.

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