Use the Data Shown Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 29

Essay

Use the data shown below to answer the following question(s).
Suppose that an unincorporated township wishes to find the best locations for emergency rooms.Assume that the township is divided into smaller layouts and that transportation studies have estimated the response time for emergency vehicles to travel between each pair of layouts.The township wants to locate the emergency rooms so that all layouts can be reached within a 9-minute response time.
The table below shows the estimated response time in minutes between each pair of layouts: Define X_j = 1 if an emergency room is located in layout j,and 0 if not.
-Determine the objective function.

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Definitions:

Vocative

The vocative case is a grammatical feature used to denote direct addressing of someone or something, typically seen in languages that have a case system.

Passive

A grammatical voice where the subject of the sentence is the recipient of an action rather than the performer.

Faultily Designed

Incorrectly or poorly planned and constructed, leading to inadequate performance or function.

Passive

Involves receiving or experiencing an action without actively participating or initiating it.