Gce Model Questions Vol1 2025 Geography Question 16
Practice objective / multiple choice question 16 from the 2025 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
A manufacturing plant must choose between Town A and Town B for its location. The raw material source is 30 km from Town A and 70 km from Town B. Transport cost for raw material is £0.50 per tonne per kilometre and the plant needs 200 tonnes per month. Labour cost per hour is £12 in Town A and £10 in Town B; each works 160 hours per month. Worker productivity (units produced per hour) falls with distance d (km) from the raw material source according to \( \text{productivity}=5-0.02d \). The plant must produce 10,000 units each month. Determine which town gives the lower total monthly cost (transport plus labour).
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2025 Geography Question 16. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
Difficulty level: Hard .
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