Copies of the Wall Street Journal are printed locally and delivered to ten different newsstands throughout the area. The spotter picks up the papers at 4 a.m. and visits each site once, drops off a predetermined number of copies, and proceeds to the next location before returning to the printer. The driver has always determined his route "pretty much at random" however he recently read an article (in the Wall Street Journal) that addressed sustainability issues in services. He was so taken with the sustainability concept that he has decided to determine an optimal route for his ten stops. One morning he picks up his papers at 4 a.m. and then jots down each possible route and adds up the total distance traveled for that route. If it takes him one minute to evaluate a route, at what time will he begin to make his deliveries?

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The Answer of Copies of the Wall Street Journal are printed locally and delivered to ten different newsstands throughout the area. The spotter picks up the papers at 4 a.m. and visits each site once, drops off a predetermined number of copies, and proceeds to the next location before returning to the printer. The driver has always determined his route "pretty much at random" however he recently read an article (in the Wall Street Journal) that addressed sustainability issues in services. He was so taken with the sustainability concept that he has decided to determine an optimal route for his ten stops. One morning he picks up his papers at 4 a.m. and then jots down each possible route and adds up the total distance traveled for that route. If it takes him one minute to evaluate a route, at what time will he begin to make his deliveries?

Copies of the Wall Street Journal Are Printed Locally and Delivered