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A utility company serves three cities from its three power plants. The power plant capacities and energy delivery costs per unit (in $) from each plant to each city are as follows in the attached document.

1. Draw the network representation for this problem.

2. Formulate the linear program to minimize total cost of energy delivery to the customers.

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The solution draws the network representation a linear programming problem and formulate the linear program to minimize total cost of energy delivery to the customers.

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A utility company serves three cities from its three power plants. The power plant capacities and energy delivery costs per unit (in $) from each plant to each city are as follows in the attached document.

The variables in this problem are the amount of energy delivered from plants to customers:
Customers
C1 C2 C3
Plants P1 X P1-C1 X P1-C2 X P1-C3
P2 X P2-C1 X P2-C2 X P2-C3
P3 X P3-C1 X P3-C2 X P3-C3

Supply (Capacity) from plants ...

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