We need to get the tomatoes from farm to the stores. We have tomato farms we can buy from in California and Florida. It cost .25 per pound to buy tomatoes from California. It costs .15 per pound to buy Florida tomatoes. California has available 6,000 pounds of tomatoes and Florida has available 8,000 pounds of tomatoes. Our stores are in Tampa, Atlanta and Dallas. Tampa needs 3,000 pounds, Atlanta needs 4,000 pounds and Dallas needs 5,000 pounds. Choose the appropriate technique to minimize the total shipping cost.

a. Forecasting / time series analysis
b. Linear programming model
c. Regression analysis
d. None of the above