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Q3) A company has seven sales representatives to assign to four stores in need. At least two sales representatives must be assigned to store 2. Table 1 shows the estimated influence on profit (in appropriate units) in each store if it were assigned with various numbers of sales representatives. For instance; assigning 2 sales representatives to Store 2 increase profit by $400. The decision maker won't assign sales representatives more than demands of stores. Regarding the demand of each store given in the Table 2, determine how many sales representatives should be assigned to the respective stores in order to maximize profit. Write down all possible solutions which result with the maximum profit. Stores Sales representatives Store 1 Store 2 Store 3 -100 -200 -200 1 200 250 200 300 400 250 3 350 450 300 4 400 500 350 5 450 550 400 6 500 600 450 7 550 650 500 NO Store 4 -100 100 300 400 Number of sales Stores representatives needed Store 1 1 Store 2 4 Store 3 3 Store 4 3 Table 2 450 5 500 550 600 Table 1