The company has four excavators, located one each, at each of its four facilities. The excavators have to be moved to four different construction sites. The distance each excavator has to travel to get to each of the four construction sites are shown in kilometres in the table below. EXCAVATOR 1 2 3 4 FL 95 40 130 50 IN 80 90 100 115 NJ 75 60 95 100 TX 85 70 110 120 Which site should each excavator be assigned to in order to MINIMIZE the total distance travelled?
The company has four excavators, located one each, at each of its four facilities. The excavators have to be moved to four different construction sites. The distance each excavator has to travel to get to each of the four construction sites are shown in kilometres in the table below. EXCAVATOR 1 2 3 4 FL 95 40 130 50 IN 80 90 100 115 NJ 75 60 95 100 TX 85 70 110 120 Which site should each excavator be assigned to in order to MINIMIZE the total distance travelled?
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Transcribed Image Text:The company has four excavators, located one each, at each of its four facilities. The excavators have to
be moved to four different construction sites. The distance each excavator has to travel to get to each of
the four construction sites are shown in kilometres in the table below.
EXCAVATOR
1
2
3
4
FL
95
40
130
50
IN
80
90
100
115
NJ
75
60
95
100
TX
85
70
110
120
Which site should each excavator be assigned to in order to MINIMIZE the total distance travelled?
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