The Weithoff company has a contract to produce 10000 garden hoses for a customer. Weithoff has 4 different machines that can produce this kind of hose. because these machines are from different manufacturers and use differing technologies, their specifications are not the same.
Machine fixed cost variable cost capacity
1 750 1.25 6000
2 500 1.50 7500
3 1000 1.00 4000
4 300 2.00 5000
What is the minimum cost associated with this model?