Question

eights for Four Weight There are five planes ready for departure sport. The number of passen plane is displayed in Tahle 11.18. Each pierres 10 minutes to t o ad 2 minutes to take off (... mere me be between departe of passengers waiting plane), in what sequence traffic controller wants to minimize the weighted average number of passen for departure (i.c., weighted by the number of passengers on the plane), in what should the planes take off? [11.3] Plane 50 400 150 200 Passengers a. A, B, C, D, E b. B, A, D, E, c. C, B, E, A, D d. C, E, D, AB e. It doesn't matter what sequence they depart in because they have equal processing times.

Answer 1

Answer: d. C, E, D, A, B

Explanation: Because all planes have equal take off time, therefore the sequence must only depend on the no. of passenger they carry.

Therefore, plane should take off in the descending order of their no. of passengers.

That is: C-400

E-250

D-200

A 150

B- 50