Essay
A firm of six departments has the following trip matrix and current block plan of all departments:
a. What is the weighted-distance score for the current layout? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and B is one unit of distance.)
b. What would be the weighted-distance score for the following layout?
Correct Answer:

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