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One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that.

A. It is complicated to use

B. It does not take into account cost of transportation

C. It leads to a degenerate initial solution

D. All of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that It does not take into account cost of transportation. North-west is an easy way to find a solution and works efficiently most of the time. But there isn't any superority among these methods. Basically, it depends on the problem.

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