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The Vanguard Publishing Company wants to hire seven of the eight college students who have
applied as salespeople to sell encyclopedias during the summer. The company desires to allocate
them to three sales territories. Territory 1 requires three salespeople, and territories 2 and 3
require two salespeople each. It is estimated that each salesperson will be able to generate the
amounts of dollar sales per day in each of the three territories as given in the following table: Help the company allocate the salespeople to the three territories so that sales will be maximized.
Transcribed Image Text:Territory
Salesperson
1
3
A
$110
$150
$130
B
90
120
80
205
160
175
D
125
100
115
E
140
105
150
F
100
140
120
G
180
210
160
H.
110
120
90
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