the company sells a brand of low-fat shakes that appeal to people of all age groups and both genders. The company advertises this shake in a variety of 30-second television ads, and these ads can be placed in a variety of television shows. The ads in different shows vary by cost some 30-second slots are much more expensive than others and by the types of viewers they are likely to reach.

The company has segmented the potential viewers into six mutually exclusive categories: males age 18 to 35, males age 36 to 55, males over 55, females age 18 to 35, females age 36 to 55, and females over 55. A rating service can supply data on the numbers of viewers in each of these categories who will watch a 30-second ad on any particular television show. Each such viewer is called an exposure. The company has determined the required number of exposures it wants to obtain for each group. It wants to know how many ads to place on each of several television shows to obtain these required exposures at minimum cost.

The data on costs per ad, numbers of exposures per ad, and minimal required exposures are listed below, where numbers of exposures are expressed in millions, and costs are in thousands of dollars.

What should the company do?

	TV Shows
Viewer Group	Game of Thrones	Walking Dead	Homeland	Westworld	Lifetime Evening Movie	The Voice	ESPN	CNN	Minimal Required Exposure
Young Men	3.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	0.1	0.7	0.5	0.1	60
Mid-age Men	5.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.2	60
Senior Men	4.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	28
Young Women	3.0	6.0	1.0	4.0	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	60
Mid-age Women	5.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	60
Senior Women	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	28
Cost per Ad	150.0	140.0	100.0	80.0	15.0	13.0	9.0	8.0

How would you address the fact that multiple ads per show do not translate to multiple exposures for the show?