Introduction to Management Science 12th Edition by Bernard Taylor

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The Vanguard Publishing Company wants to hire seven of the eight college students who have applied as salespeople to sell encyclopedias during the summer. The company desires to allocate them to three sales territories. Territory 1 requires three salespeople, and territories 2 and 3 require two salespeople each. It is estimated that each salesperson will be able to generate the amounts of dollar sales per day in each of the three territories as given in the following table:
Help the company allocate the salespeople to the three territories so that sales will be maximized.