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An insurance claims processing center has 4 work centers, any of which can be placed into any of 4 physical departmental locations. Call the centers 1, 2, 3, and 4 the departments A, B, C, and D. The current set of assignments is A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 The (symmetric) matrix of departmental distances, in meters is shown below. 1 3 2 5 30 4 20 15 50 1 2 3 4 40 The matrix of work flow (estimated trips per day) among centers is shown below. A B 35 ? B ? D C | D 20 100 60 50 The firm estimates that each meter costs approximately $4. What is the cost of the current assignment?