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could you me with this problem. from quantitative methods for business 13e. problem #30 chapter 12.

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30. the distance between two cities in the united states can be approximated by the following formula where lat1 and long1 are the latitude and longitude of city 1 and lat2 and long2 are the latitude and longitude of city 2:

the distance between two cities in the united states can

ted's daughter is getting married, and he is inviting relatives from 15 different locations in the united states. the file wedding gives the longitude, latitude, and number of relatives in each of the 15 locations. ted would like to find the location to hold the wedding that minimizes the demand-weighted distance, where demand is the number of relatives at each location. find the optimal location.

location lat long # relatives
new york 40.714 -74.006 43
maryland 39.026 -77.076 8
virginia 37.432 -78.657 2
sc 32.216 -80.753 1
nc 35.772 -78.639 12
tn 35.961 -83.921 1
fl 27.499 -82.575 6
ohio 39.136 -84.503 6
wyoming 43.623 -110.626 1
ca 34.019 -118.491 10
iowa 41.699 -93.047 7
il 41.850 -87.650 4
mass 42.934 -70.798 1
nj 40.901 -74.514 10
pa 39.952 -75.164 2