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    Example Problem:
    A sales manager has 3 areas and 5 sales engineers.
    If the assignment of sales engineers to areas will
    result in the expected sales as shown, how should
    the engineers be assigned to maximize sales?

    Sales (in $K)
    Area 1 Area 2 Area 3
    0 0 0 0
    Number of 1 45 20 50
    Sales Engineers 2 70 45 70
    Assigned 3 90 75 80
    4 105 110 100
    5 120 150 130

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    An allocation problem is solved through dynamic programming.

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