The president of a consulting firm wants to minimize the total number of hours it will take to complete four projects for a new client. Accordingly, she has estimated the time it should take for each of her top consultants—Charlie, Gerald, Johnny, and Rick—to complete any of the four projects, as follows:

(a) What is the total number of hours required by the following arbitrary assignment? Charlie→B; Gerald→A; Johnny→D; Rick→C

(b) What is the optimal assignment of consultants to projects? (Use the assignment method.)

(c) For the optimal schedule, what is the total number of hours it will take these consultants to complete these projects?

Project Hours
Consultant	A	B	C	D
Charlie	13	16	11	18
Gerald	13	15	10	12
Johnny	15	11	20	15
Rick	17	17	12	22

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a Charlie takes 16 hours to complete B Gerald takes 13 hours to complete A Johny takes 15 hours to c... View the full answer