b. Five Sales Executives have been told by their company Heavy Machines Limited (HML) that each sales executive, will be relocated to work at one of five branches of their company, in the Caribbean. The cost to relocate a sales executive at each of the five branches is shown in Table 8 below: Sales Executive Branch Jamaica Antigua/Barbuda Trinidad & Tobago Barbados St. Lucia Zenk Murt $2,550 $2,300 $ 2,700 $2,300 $2,400 Rangle Tang $2,400 $2,700 $2,800 $2,600 $2,400 Atil Heglam $2,600 $2,400 $2,700 $2,500 $2,400 Justop Brelim $2,400 $2,500 $3,000 $2,400 $2,500 Mesk Lathim $2,400 $2,300 $2,500 $2,800 $2,700 The costs shown in Table 8, are in Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollars. (i) Determine the optimal relocation of the five Sales Executives

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b. Five Sales Executives have been told by their company Heavy Machines Limited (HML) that each
sales executive, will be relocated to work at one of five branches of their company, in the
Caribbean. The cost to relocate a sales executive at each of the five branches is shown in Table 8
below:

Sales
Executive
Branch
Jamaica Antigua/Barbuda Trinidad
&
Tobago
Barbados St. Lucia
Zenk Murt $2,550 $2,300 $ 2,700 $2,300 $2,400
Rangle Tang $2,400 $2,700 $2,800 $2,600 $2,400
Atil Heglam $2,600 $2,400 $2,700 $2,500 $2,400
Justop Brelim $2,400 $2,500 $3,000 $2,400 $2,500
Mesk Lathim $2,400 $2,300 $2,500 $2,800 $2,700

The costs shown in Table 8, are in Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollars.

(i) Determine the optimal relocation of the five Sales Executives.

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