Michael lord has ambitions to be councilman of Paris, Texas. Mikehas determined the breakdown of the steps to the nomination and has estimated normal and crash costs and times for the campaign as follows (times are in weeks).

Mikeis not a wealthy man and would like to organize a 16-week campaign at minimum cost. Write and solve a linear program to accomplish this task.

Normal Activity Time Cost A. Solicit Volunteers 6 $5,000 4 B. Initial "Free" Exposure 3 $4,000 3 C. Raise Money 9 $4,000 6 D. Organize Schedule 4 $1,000 2 E. Hire Advertising Firm 2 $1,500 1 F. Arrange TV Interview 3 $4,000 1 G. Advertising Campaign 5 $7,000 4 H. Personal Campaigning 7 $8,000 5 Crash Time Cost Immediate Predecessors $ 9,000 $ 4,000 $10,000 A $ 2,000 A $ 2,000 B $ 8,000 B $12,000 C.E $20,000 D.F ---