You are organizing rides for a group of campers going on an all-day, off-site trip. You have lined up some drivers, and your problem is to assign campers to drivers. The drivers and the capacities of their cars are provided in the table below.
Driver _____ Capacity
Saul .................. 5
Chris ................. 4
Rob .................. 3
Erick ................. 5
Anna ................. 6
Jim ................... 5
The campers represent different age groups. Each age group is to be delivered to a different location. Thus, if a car holds campers of different ages, then the driver will have to drive to different destinations. An ideal solution would require each driver to go to just one location. However, such a solution is unattainable. The campers and their age groups are listed in the table below.

a. Although we know what an "ideal" solution would look like, we need a metric for evaluating less-than-ideal solutions. Devise a metric to serve as a measure of performance for the assignment.
b. Find the best assignment for the metric developed in part (a).

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Group Camper Group Camper Age 7 George Age 9 Eric Marcia Scott Steve Sarah Andrew Gretchen Brian Jamie Liz Suzanne Age 8 Lisa Age 10 Patty Ben Francesca Tommy Adrian Ali Vanessa Alberto Cliff Mickey Jason Sean Matt