The One Shovel Construction Company Is Hired by the City

question 57

Multiple Choice

The One Shovel Construction Company is hired by the City of Edmond to lay sewer pipe from the east end of town to the west end of town using their single shovel to dig the trench.While the crew would like to begin at both ends simultaneously and have a dramatic ceremony when both ends meet,they find themselves with a bit of a:

• A)Time constraint.
• B)Resource constraint.
• C)Mixed constraint.
• D)Partial network.

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