Question: Please give me the solution to the second question. Five machines are arranged in a U configuration as shown in the layout below.

Please give me the solution to the second question.
Five machines are arranged in a "U" configuration as shown in the layout below. The material handling system employed is a bidirectional conveyor system. Determine the best machine arrangement given the product routing information and production rates provided below.
Solve the above problem assuming unidirectional system from A to E.
\table[[Product,Machine,Production],[1,B-E-A-C,100],[2,C-E-D,250],[3,B-E-C,400],[4,A-C-E,120],[5,B-A-C-D,150]]
\table[[Distance matrix],[From/To,A,B,C,D,E],[A,,20,80,120,120],[B,,,40,100,150],[C,,,,60,70],[D,,,,,20]]
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 Please give me the solution to the second question. Five machines

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