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Print X papers Ltd. Has three warehouses in different cities: Pune, Patna and Cochin. They have an initial inventory of 250, 130 and 235 tons of paper respectively. There are four publishers located at Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata. To fulfill its demand, publishers can receive paper from more than one warehouse at a time. The cost (in Rs.) of transportation of one ton of paper from one place to another is as follows:

Q1. What is the minimum total transportation cost of supplying 75, 100, 120 and 50 tons of paper to the four publishers located at Mumbai, New Delhi , Chennai and Kolkata respectively.
a. Rs. 3085
b. Rs. 3185
c. Rs. 3245
d. None of these

Q2.  What will be the minimum cost in above question if, for some reason, no paper could be transported from the Cochin warehouse?
a. Rs. 4045
b. Rs. 4205
c. Rs. 4145
d. None of these

Q3.  PrintX papers Ltd. Supplies the paper according to the conditions in Question2. If the cochin warehouse starts transporting the paper, then which of the following orders(in tons), will incur the minimum transportation cost to the company with the remaining inventory?

Assume that there is no addition to the existing inventory of the warehouses.
a. Mumbai – 50, New Delhi – 50, Chennai – 50, Kolkata – 50
b. Mumbai – 25 New Delhi – 65 Chennai – 65, Kolkata – 45
c. Mumbai – 80 New Delhi – 15 Chennai – 100, Kolkata – 70
d. Mumbai – 35 New Delhi – 35 Chennai – 120, Kolkata – 65