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Fred Salter has a budget of $40,000 to prepare his house for sale.Fred's yard needs work, and the kitchen and bathroom could both use improvement.Fred has estimated the costs and expected return (increase in the value of his house) of different options.The cost and return are expressed in thousands of dollars.Fred wants to use dynamic programming to solve the problem.  ROOMPROJECT COST RETURN YARD Seed lawn & plant shrubs 22 Re-sod 58 Plant trees 1520 KITCHEH Reface cabinets 1012 New cabinets 2540 Tile Floor 1520 BATHR00M Refinish 510 Replace tile 1018 New toilet, tub, & plumbing 2031\begin{array}{ll}\text { ROOM}&\text {PROJECT}&\text { COST}&\text { RETURN} \\\text { YARD}&\text { Seed lawn \& plant shrubs } & 2&2 \\&\text { Re-sod } & 5&8 \\&\text { Plant trees } & 15 &20\\\text { KITCHEH}&\text { Reface cabinets } & 10 &12\\&\text { New cabinets } & 25&40 \\&\text { Tile Floor } & 15&20 \\\text { BATHR00M}&\text { Refinish } & 5&10 \\&\text { Replace tile } & 10&18 \\&\text { New toilet, tub, \& plumbing } & 20&31\end{array}
A.Define the stage variables.
B.Define the state variables.
C.Define the decision variables.
D.Define the stage return values.
E.Define the optimal value function.
F.Define the boundary condition.
G.Define the stopping rule.
H.Define the recurrence relation.
I.Solve the problem.

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