Question 5) plz help Santa Cruz Bottling is a manufacturer of organic soft drinks on the coast of central California. Its products are enjoying a growingreputation and increased demand throughout the American Southwest. Because of the high cost of transporting soft drinks, it isconsidering a new plant to serve the states of New Mexico and Arizona. A key concern in its search for a new location is the resultanttransportation costs to serve its key markets. Following is a list of cities where its main wholesale customers are located, along withestimated annual demand in cases of product for each.CITYPhoenixTucsonAlbuquerqueSanta FeX-COORDINATES255355805855CxCyy-COORDINATES255130455550NUMBER OF CASES24,00019,50027,50016,000Use the centroid method to recommend a location for the new bottling plant.Note: Round your answers to 1 decimal place.

The general formula of the centroid method will be: Cx= Total of (X coordinate*no.of cases)total of…

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