Neco 2024 Geography Question 41

An agro‑processing firm plans to locate a new plant. Three towns are under consideration: A, B and C. The distances (in km) from each town to the raw‑material source (R) and to the main market (M) are given below: - Town A: 80 km to R, 180 km to M. - Town B: 120 km to R, 140 km to M. - Town C: 150 km to R, 210 km to M. Transport cost is \\(\\text{₦}0.50\\) per ton‑km. The plant will produce \\(500\\) tons per day, operating \\(300\\) days a year. Each plant requires 200 workers. Monthly labour cost per worker is \\(\\text{₦}30,000\\) in A, \\(\\text{₦}25,000\\) in B and \\(\\text{₦}28,000\\) in C. Fixed annual overheads are \\(\\text{₦}5\\) million in A, \\(\\text{₦}4\\) million in B and \\(\\text{₦}6\\) million in C. The firm must locate the plant within \\(200\\) km of the market and the monthly labour cost per worker must not exceed \\(\\text{₦}28,000\\). Which town should be chosen to minimise the total annual cost? State the chosen town and its total annual cost (in millions of naira, to one decimal place).