Discuss the below:
Q: You are asked to assign four patients to five nurses using the following travel distances. We want to minimize total mileage.
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Patient
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Nurse
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Warren
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Xavier
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Yolanda
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Zanthia
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Amy
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20
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25
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15
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12
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Brenda
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15
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18
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27
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20
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Connor
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32
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22
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17
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23
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Danielle
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41
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16
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12
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28
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Emily
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24
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29
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19
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16
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a. The optimal solution is:
b. The objective function value = _________.
c. If we formulated this as a linear program, how many decision variables would we have?
d. If we added a fifth patient, would she be assigned to Emily? Explain
e. This is an integer program. (True / False)