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8. Larry Edison is the director of the Computer Center for Buckly College. He now needs to schedule the staffing of the center. It is open from 8 A.M. until

midnight. Larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day, and determined that the following number of computer consultants ar erequired: Two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time.The full-time consultants work for 8 consecutive hours in any of the following shifts: morning (8 A.M. – 4 P.M.), afternoon (noon – 8 P.M.), and evening (4P.M. – midnight). Full-time consultants are paid $40/hour.- Part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the above table. Part-time consultants are paid $30/hour. An additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. Larry would like to determine how many full-time and how many part-time workers should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost.

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