Average Distance Traveled by Method, Objective Function, and Number of Customers

You decide to create a pivot table in Excel to summarize the average distance traveled for each method, objective function, and demand size to understand how these factors influence the total distance traveled.

Table 1: Pivot Table for Average Distance Traveled (km) by Method, Objective Function, and Number of Customers
# Method Number of Customers OF1 OF2 OF3
1 M1 100 258.4290 293.5395 301.6355
2 M1 500 1280.8180 1462.4765 1529.1110
3 M2 100 236.3005 265.0785 277.0325
4 M2 500 1177.1435 1318.1280 1375.6050
5 M3 100 201.6600 227.1070 236.2345
6 M3 500 1005.1445 1159.1810 1186.9695
7 M4 100 213.6790 242.6425 253.7560
8 M4 500 1077.7960 1249.2230 1254.0385

Which of the following alternatives correctly describes the configuration of the pivot table in Table 1?

  1. Rows: Number of Customers, Method / Values: Average of Distance Traveled (km) / Filters: None / Columns: Objective Function
  2. Rows: Objective Function, Method / Values: Average of Distance Traveled (km) / Filters: Number of Customers / Columns: None
  3. Rows: Method, Objective Function / Values: Distance Traveled (km) / Filters: None / Columns: Number of Customers
  4. Rows: Method, Number of Customers / Values: Average of Distance Traveled (km) / Filters: None / Columns: Objective Function