This is the app page of ODMO program for Minimizing servietes cost in a conference

A conference organizer has to cater for lunches for the 5 days of a conference. The organizer is faced with the problem of deciding on the daily supply of clean serviettes. The organizer knows that the number of conference attendees requiring lunch for the 5 days are , , , , and . The alternatives are

• To buy new serviettes at cent a piece, or
• To send used serviettes to the laundry where they can receive either a 48h service at cents a serviette, or a 24h service at cents a serviette

If this conference is a once-off activity with respect to the provision of serviettes, how should the organiser provide serviettes to minimize the total cost?

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