Richard Garber is the head designer for Matthews and Novak Design Company. Garber has been called in to design the layout for a newly constructed office building from statistical samplings over the past three months; Gather developed the following closeness matrix for daily trips between the department€™s offices.

a. It other factors are equal, which two offices should be located closest together?
b. Figure shows an alternative layout for the department. What is the total weighted-distance score for this plan based on rectilinear distance and assuming that offices A and B are three units of distance apart?
c. Swapping which two departments will most improve the total weighted-distancescore?

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A B D