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A company executive assigned importance values
between 0 and 100 to five attributes included in an
alternative evaluation process. Determine the weight
of each attribute using the importance scores.
Attribute, i Importance Score, si
1. Safety 40
2. Cost 60
3. Production rate 70
4. Environmental 30
5. Maintainability 50
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