Question: Consider 1 0 patients with locations: ( 1 , 4 ) , ( 1 5 , 8 ) , ( 9 , 9 ) ,

Consider 10 patients with locations: (1,4),(15,8),(9,9),(18,3),(9,15),(2,8),(8,19),(4,14),
(14,12), and (15,6). There are 4 potential clinic locations: (4,4),(9,9),(12,16), and (13,4).
You are ask to determine the best clinic locations for coverage all patients. The only consideration
is travel distance.
(a) No patient is willing to travel over 7 units (assume travel is according to rectilinear distance).
What is the minimum number of clinics that can be opened to serve the population? Where should
they be located?
(b) Given the same travel condition (<7 units), how would you suggest 2 sites? They can be ones
from the 4 locations or new locations.
(c) Consider the equity of traveling to clinics for all patients. How would you determine the clinics
location by minimizing the number of clinics?

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