Your publishing company is about to start a promotional blitz for its new book, Physics for the Liberal Arts. You have 30 salespeople stationed in Chicago and 5 in Denver. You would like to fly at most 5 into Los Angeles and at most 20 into New York. A round-trip plane flight from Chicago to LA costs $195; from Chicago to NY costs $182; from Denver to LA costs $395; and from Denver to NY costs $166. You want to spend at most $4,535 on plane flights. How many salespeople should you fly from each of Chicago and Denver to each of LA and NY to have the most salespeople on the road

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Your publishing company is about to start a promotional blitz for its new book, Physics for the Liberal Arts. You have 30 salespeople stationed in Chicago and 5 in Denver. You would like to fly at most 5 into Los Angeles and at most 20 into New York. A round-trip plane flight from Chicago to LA costs $195; from Chicago to NY costs $182; from Denver to LA costs $395; and from Denver to NY costs $166. You want to spend at most $4,535 on plane flights. How many salespeople should you fly from each of Chicago and Denver to each of LA and NY to have the most salespeople on the road 
 
__________ people from Chicago to LA, __________ people from Chicago to NY, __________ people from Denver to LA, and __________ people from Denver to NY.

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The Answer of Your publishing company is about to start a promotional blitz for its new book, Physics for the Liberal Arts. You have 30 salespeople stationed in Chicago and 5 in Denver. You would like to fly at most 5 into Los Angeles and at most 20 into New York. A round-trip plane flight from Chicago to LA costs $195; from Chicago to NY costs $182; from Denver to LA costs $395; and from Denver to NY costs $166. You want to spend at most $4,535 on plane flights. How many salespeople should you fly from each of Chicago and Denver to each of LA and NY to have the most salespeople on the road 
 
__________ people from Chicago to LA, __________ people from Chicago to NY, __________ people from Denver to LA, and __________ people from Denver to NY.

Your Publishing Company Is About to Start a Promotional Blitz