Machines A,B,C,and D Have Been in Use for Several Years,while

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Essay

Machines A,B,C,and D have been in use for several years,while machine E is new.The following table provides data on the value of production of each job when performed on a specific machine.
(a)Determine the set of assignments that maximizes production value.
(b)What is the total production value of your assignments?
(c)Which machine should be retired (i.e. ,gets no assignment)?

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Definitions:

Commensalism

Species interaction that benefits one species and neither helps nor harms the other.

Mutualism

A type of symbiotic relationship between two species where both partners benefit from the interaction.

Predation

One species captures, kills, and eats another.

Parasitism

Relationship in which one species withdraws nutrients from another species, without immediately killing it.