Suppose the United States consisted of two metropolitan areas: Boston and Los Angeles. Each of the two metropolitan areas has three industries: the apparel industry, food processing and electronic equipment industry.

The employment by industry for each metropolitan area:

	Metropolitan Area Employment
Industry		Boston	Los Angeles
Food Processing		75,000	62,000
Apparel		13,500	220,000
Electronic Equipment		10,000	10,000

Calculate the multiplier for each metropolitan area.

	Location Quotient	Export Employment
Boston
Food Processing
Apparel
Electronic Equipment
Los Angeles
Food Processing
Apparel
Electronic Equipment