Thomas Green College is contemplating opening a European campus where students from the main campus could go to take courses for 1 of the 4 college years. At the moment, it is considering five countries: Holland, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, and Greece. The college wishes to consider eight factors in its decision. All the factors have equal weight. The following table illustrates its assessment of each factor for each country (5 is best).

(a) In which country should Thomas Green College choose to set up its European campus?
(b) How would the decision change if the €œdegree to which the population can converse in English€ was not anissue?

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Factor Great Factor Description Holland Brita Italy Belgium Greece I Stability of 4 government 2 Degree to which the population can converse in English 45 34 3 Stability of the monetary 4 4 Communications 5 Transportation 6 Availability of system infrastructure 4 infrastructure 5 historic/ cultural siles 3 7 Import restrictions 44 8 Availability of suitable quarters 4