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

question 203

Multiple Choice

Table 10.13
The Bigmoney Financial Company is designing its layout for a new office.
The following trip matrix was developed for daily trips between departments.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Trips Between Departments }\\\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \mathrm { A } & \mathrm { B } & \mathrm { C } & \mathrm { D } & \mathrm { E } & \mathrm { F } \\\hline \mathrm { A } & \cdots & 20 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\\mathrm {~B} & & \cdots & 20 & 0 & 18 & 25 \\\mathrm { C } & & & \cdots & 0 & 19 & 0 \\\mathrm { D } & & & & \cdots & 0 & 0 \\\mathrm { E } & & & & & \cdots & 30 \\\mathrm {~F} & & & & & & \cdots \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Use the information from Table 10.13. All things equal, which two departments should be located closest together?

• A) B and F
• B) D and F
• C) A and B
• D) B and C

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