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(Organizing a Dinner) You are organizing a dinner with n different groups of fri

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Question

(Organizing a Dinner) You are organizing a dinner with n different groups of friends,
with each group composed of Gi members with i belongs to (1,...,n). You have m tables each
for r people, and you want want to impose that all friends from the same group should
be seated in different tables. In this way you will obligate your friends (finally) to chat
with people who does not belong to their closest groups. Show (graphically) that using
a maximum flow formulation we can nd a feasible arrangement of friends to tables
that satisfy the rule mentioned above, or show that it is not possible.
Hint: Imagine that someone solves the maximum flow problem (that you need to find)
and tells you what's the maximum flow. Using that number, how can you know if it
was possible to nd the arrangement suggested in the problem statement or not.

Explanation / Answer

Hi,

Thanks for the question.

4 P's define the marketing strategy for any company or for a particular brand. This is the strategy to reach and market the product to the customers.

The 4 P's will be:

Product: As mentioned, the product for this particular scenario will be McChicken and Big Mac.
Price: Price generally should be according to the perception of the customers to see its worth. They should consider to price the product moderately not on a low price because that would give the feel as the quality compromised.
Place: That should be very evenly distributed across the outlets in the US. The product will be very popular so the company should be very efficient in the distribution.
Promotions: Mcdonald's is very aggressive in terms of the advertising mostly in the Tv advertisement or OOH branding.