Question: Please help solve You are trying to help the MCSCC (Monroe County School Corporation) determine the appropriate high school district for each housing development in

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You are trying to help the MCSCC (Monroe County School Corporation) determine the appropriate high school district for each housing development in Bloomington. For each development, you are given the number of students, the mean family income, the percentage of minorities, and the distance to each high school (South and North). Determine the appropriate high school district for each housing development as it is supposedly there are only two high schools which are North and South schools

Location The number of Students Mean Family Income % of Minority The distance to South Schools The distance to North Schools
BS 485 150,000 5 1.5 4.5
BB 465 100,000 13 3 7.5
BL 335 120,000 3 1.5 4
CL 280 155,000 6 1.5 8
HILB 250 125,000 4 3 3.5
JFS 180 95,000 5 4.5 2
PV 130 235,000 3 4 2.5
RAW 1000 55,000 22 2 1.5
RW 350 75,000 15 2.5 1.5
SC 500 45,000 11 1 8

MCSCC wants to inimize total distance traveled subject to the following constraints

North schools must have at least 1450 students. The south schools must have at least 1650 students

The family mean income must be at least $90,000 for students of each school

Each school must have 11% of minorities

Question: Determine an optimal assignment of students to schools

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