Question: ( 2 0 points ) Nancy is traveling during the Memorial Day holiday and is renting out her apartment in Manhattan, NY , from May

(20 points) Nancy is traveling during the Memorial Day holiday and is renting out her apartment in Manhattan, NY, from May 26th to May 30th (a total of five days). She has received many bids on Airbnb, each with the following form: the day the rental starts (a rental day starts at 3 p.m.), the day the rental ends (checkout time is noon), and the money (in dollars)
the renter will pay for this duration.
Bid 1: $400 for check-in: May 26, check-out: May 27
Bid 2: $800 for check-in: May 26, check-out: May 28
Bid 3: $1300 for check-in: May 26, check-out: May 29
Bid 4: $1250 for check-in: May 27, check-out: May 30
Bid 5: $450 for check-in: May 28, check-out: May 29
Bid 6: $350 for check-in: May 29, check-out: May 30
No bids are made for check-in: May 27, check-out: May 28
In order to determine which bids Nancy should accept to maximize her annual rental income:
(a) Develop a shortest network model to illustrate the given problem (10pt)
(b) Find the optimal bids using Dijkstras algorithm. (10pt)

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