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What Is the Optimal Location for These Departments in the Floor

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What is the optimal location for these departments in the floor plan depicted if the departments have a daily number of trips between each other as shown? The total number of trips is accounted for in the table, so for example, the 16 trips between A and B are some combination of trips from A to B and from B to A.
Daily Number of Trips Between Departments
ABCDEFGHIA161893910314 B 41221019416 C 18388010 D 314157 E 1171512 F 19154 G 817 H 14 I \begin{array}{c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c} & \mathrm{A} & \mathrm{B} & \mathrm{C} & \mathrm{D} & \mathrm{E} & \mathrm{F} & \mathrm{G} & \mathrm{H} & \mathrm{I} \\\hline \mathrm{A} & \cdots & 16 & 18 & 9 & 3 & 9 & 10 & 3 & 14 \\\hline \text { B } & & \cdots & 4 & 12 & 2 & 10 & 19 & 4 & 16 \\\hline \text { C } & & & \cdots & 18 & 3 & 8 & 8 & 0 & 10 \\\hline \text { D } & & & & \cdots & 3 & 14 & 1 & 5 & 7 \\\hline \text { E } & & & & & \cdots & 1 & 17 & 15 & 12 \\\hline \text { F } & & & & & & \cdots & 19 & 15 & 4 \\\hline \text { G } & & & & & & & \cdots & 8 & 17 \\\hline \text { H } & & & & & & & & \cdots & 14 \\\hline \text { I } & & & & & & & & & \ldots\end{array}
Floor Plan
 Office Space 1 Office Space 4 Office Space 7 Office Space 2 Office Space 5 Office Space 8 Office Space 3 Office Space 6 Office Space 9\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Office Space } 1 & \text { Office Space } 4 & \text { Office Space } 7 \\\hline \text { Office Space } 2 & \text { Office Space } 5 & \text { Office Space } 8 \\\hline \text { Office Space } 3 & \text { Office Space } 6 & \text { Office Space } 9 \\\hline\end{array} Distance Between Offices
 Office Space 123456789110201014222022282101410142220223221410282220410201014225101410146221410710208109\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c}\hline \text { Office Space } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 \\\hline 1 & - & 10 & 20 & 10 & 14 & 22 & 20 & 22 & 28 \\\hline 2 & & \cdots & 10 & 14 & 10 & 14 & 22 & 20 & 22 \\\hline 3 & & & \cdots & 22 & 14 & 10 & 28 & 22 & 20 \\\hline 4 & & & & \cdots & 10 & 20 & 10 & 14 & 22 \\\hline 5 & & & & & - & 10 & 14 & 10 & 14 \\\hline 6 & & & & & & \cdots & 22 & 14 & 10 \\\hline 7 & & & & & & & \cdots & 10 & 20 \\\hline 8 & & & & & & & & \cdots & 10 \\\hline 9 & & & & & & & & & \ldots \\\hline\end{array}

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