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At either location, the company’s budget will permit spending a total of $30 million for labor and shipping.
Choose options that sum up to 30

(23,7).

Location B, an urban site convenient to highways and rail lines, can function with a 30% smaller budget for shipping of the same quantities

Should be 7.
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                                   Labor  Cost                           shipping cost 
Location A                       2x                                         x

3x = 30 
x= 10

                                   Labor  Cost                           shipping cost 
Location A                       20                                       10
Location B                       20(1+15/100)                       10(1-30/100)

Hence , Location B 's labor cost = 20 + 3 = 23
Location B's shipping cost = 7

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Two locations are available for a new facility being planned. The facility will be an assembly plant, which will receive parts shipped to it from manufacturing locations around the country. Location A can provide cheaper labor, but because of its rural location, will require a larger budget for shipping of components to the facility. Location B, an urban site convenient to highways and rail lines, can function with a 30% smaller budget for shipping of the same quantities of components but will spend 15% more for the same labor, because of higher salaries in the area. At either location, the company’s budget will permit spending a total of $30 million for labor and shipping. If it has been determined that the budget for labor costs at location A will be twice the amount budgeted for shipping costs at that location, find the shipping costs and labor costs for location B.
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Took unnecessary time to solve this, I guess got carried away by length of passage.

ow It Works (Simple Algebra Reasoning)

Let shipping cost at location A = x (million), so labor at A = 2x.

Total budget at A = x + 2x = 3x = 30 ⇒ x = 10.

So at A: shipping = $10M, labor = $20M.

At location B:

Shipping is 30 % less → 10 × 0.7 = $7M.

Labor is 15 % more → 20 × 1.15 = $23M.

So the answer is Shipping = $7M; Labor = $23M.
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