Trinity Hospital is planning to open a new clinic in Mylapore, Chennai, India. Based on historical data from similar facilities, the hospital€™s design committee collected the following data on the movement of patient in terms of the number of trips they make between departments:

The committee has also determined an initial layout for the facility. The distances in feet between departments for the layout are shown in the following table:

Given the previous information,

1. Calculate the number of trips × distance score for the initial layout.

2. Design an improved layout that will minimize the number of nonadjacent trips and compute the number of trips × distance score for the revised layout.

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Patient Trips To From 4 1. Intake 60 20 30 20 120 2. Exam room 40 30 30 3. Radiology 50 30 70 50 4. Laboratory 20 20 20 50 5. Gynecology 40 30 20 40 6. Waiting area 50 70 60 30 60 3. To From 2 3 4 5 1. Intake 80 120 100 120 80 2. Exam room 120 300 150 200 3. Radiology 4. Laboratory 220 80 270 80 120 5. Gynecology 120 6. Waiting area