Question 9
Beavers A, B, C and D each inspect one of the town’s four dams. Their wages are 1 coin per meter from home to the assigned dam. The distances are shown.

English table: columns are dams 1,2,3,4; A:185,145,143,190 m; B:130,125,175,225 m; C:50,50,100,75 m; D:220,186,185,225 m. What is the minimum total wage?
Editorial assignment convention: each dam is inspected by exactly one beaver.

English table: columns are dams 1,2,3,4; A:185,145,143,190 m; B:130,125,175,225 m; C:50,50,100,75 m; D:220,186,185,225 m. What is the minimum total wage?
Editorial assignment convention: each dam is inspected by exactly one beaver.