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1. Engineer Lopez has to assign 4 teams to work on 4 projects. Costs are in thousands of dollars. Determine the least cost of assignment. The cost charged each by team are as follows:

Projects
Teams A B C D
1 11 8 10 7
2 6 5 3 8
3 4 8 10 9
4 11 10 5 7

2. Determine the optimal assignment of the management teams to the four projects:

A B C D

1 1900 1400 1200 1800
2 1000 1200 1300 1000
3 1600 900 1100 1400
4 2000 1600 1300 1700

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