Question

42. Consider the following puzzle. You are to pick out 4 three-letter "words" from the tollowing list: DBA DEG ADI FFD GHI BCD FDF BAI For each word, you earn a score equal to the position that the word's third letter appears in the alphabet. For example, DBA earns a score of 1, DEG earns a score of 7, and so on. Your goal is to choose the four words that maximizes your total score, subject to the following constraint: The sum of the positions in the alphabet for the first letter of each word chosen must be at least as large as the sum of the positions in the alphabet for the second letter of each word chosen. Formulate an IP to solve this problem. ABCDEFGII I J K L M N O P Q R S T U VwXYZ 12345678910 11 12 13 14 is 16 17 19 20 21 2223242526

Answer 1

DBA DE G ADI HE 千 fDr m- 8) mowering