As the new facilities manager at Hardin Company, you have been asked to determine the layout for four departments on the fourth floor of the company's head quarters. Following is a map of the floor with distances between the areas:

The number of interdepartmental trips made per day is as follows:

Generate at least two alternative layout solutions. What is the maximum possible number of arrangements? Which of your two alternatives is best? Why?

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A B 20 meters 45 meters D 40 meters