The Difference Between the Transportation and Assignment Problems Is That

question 33

Multiple Choice

The difference between the transportation and assignment problems is that

• A)total supply must equal total demand in the transportation problem.
• B)the number of origins must equal the number of destinations in the transportation problem.
• C)each supply and demand value is 1 in the assignment problem.
• D)there are many differences between the transportation and assignment problems.

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Definitions:

IR Absorption

A technique in spectroscopy where molecules absorb infrared light, causing vibrational transitions, used to identify chemical compounds.

IR Absorption

The process by which molecules absorb infrared radiation at specific wavelengths corresponding to vibrations of molecular bonds.

Characteristic IR Stretches

Characteristic Infrared (IR) Stretches are specific absorption bands in IR spectroscopy that correspond to the vibrations of molecular bonds, helping to identify functional groups within a molecule.

C≡C Stretch

A vibrational mode observed in infrared spectroscopy, characteristic of the stretching of a carbon-carbon triple bond.