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the Bigmoney Financial Company Is Designing Its Layout for for a New

question 138

Multiple Choice

Table 9.13
The Bigmoney Financial Company is designing its layout for a new office.
The following trip matrix was developed for daily trips between departments.
Trips Between Departments
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \mathrm { A } & \mathrm { B } & \mathrm { C } & \mathrm { D } & \mathrm { E } & \mathrm { F } \\\hline \mathrm { A } & - - & 20 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\\mathrm {~B} & & - & 20 & 0 & 18 & 25 \\\mathrm { C } & & & - & 0 & 19 & 0 \\\mathrm { D } & & & & - & 0 & 0 \\\mathrm { E } & & & & & - & 30 \\\mathrm {~F} & & & & & & - \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Use the information from Table 9.13.What is the load-distance score if the departments are assigned as follows? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and E is one unit of distance.)
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \mathrm { A } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { D } \\\hline \mathrm { E } & \mathrm { B } & \mathrm { C } \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A) less than 165
• B) between 165 and 175
• C) between 176 and 185
• D) more than 185

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