A Politician, Who Wants to Receive the Maximum Number of Votes

Multiple Choice

A politician, who wants to receive the maximum number of votes, spends 9 hours a week speaking to various groups. The table below shows his estimates of how time spent with each group will affect the number of votes he receives:

$\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Total Number of Votes from Speaking to: }\\\text { Hours Per } & \text { Loyal Party } & \text { Town } & \text { Local Civic } \\\text { Week } & \text { Members }(L M P) & \text { Meetings }(T M) & \text { Leaders }(\text { LCL }) \\\hline 1 & 400 & 200 & 300 \\2 & 750 & 380 & 560 \\3 & 1050 & 530 & 760 \\4 & 1300 & 640 & 920 \\5 & 1500 & 700 & 1000 \\6 & 1600 & 740 & 1060\end{array}$
-How should the politician allocate his speaking time?

A) 3 hours to LPM, 3 hours to TM, 3 hours to LCL
B) 4 hours to LPM, 2 hours to TM, 3 hours to LCL
C) 5 hours to LPM, 1 hours to TM, 3 hours to LCL
D) 5 hours to LPM, 2 hours to TM, 2 hours to LCL
E) none of the above