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Provide an example of when the traveling salesman problem can be used to find the best solution to a problem pertaining to grocery stores.

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This solution provides an example of when the traveling salesman problem can be used to find the best solution to a problem pertaining to grocery stores.

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The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is an algorithm used to solve the following problem:

Given a list of locations and their pairwise distances, find the shortest possible route that visits each location exactly once and returns to the origin.

Grocery stores chains need to be restocked daily. For example, if there are 150 Walmarts in the Boston area, all 150 need to be visited by the supply truck for restocking. If the ...

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