Solution
Understanding the set :
- There are five cab driver - Arun, Barun, Chandan, Damodaran, and Eman, evaluated on five parameters -
P1: timely arrival
P2: behaviour
P3: comfortable ride
P4: driver's familiarity with the route
P5: value for money
on a scale of 1 to 5.
- final rating of a driver is the average of his ratings in these five parameters
- Two parts of monthly payments - fixed payment and final rating-based bonus
- If a driver gets a rating of 1 in any of the parameters, he is not eligible to get bonus. To be eligible for bonus a driver also needs to get a rating of five in at least one of the parameters.
This is a maxima minima set:
In this set not much information is given to us to fill the entire table directly,
Therefore, in this set rather than trying to solve the set directly we will go ahead with the questions and solve the set according to them.
| Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Final Rating | Fixed Payment | Bonus Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun | 4 | Rs.1000 | Rs.250 × Final Rating | |||||
| Barun | 3 | Rs.1200 | Rs.200 × Final Rating | |||||
| Chandan | 2 | Rs.1400 | Rs.100 × Final Rating | |||||
| Damodaran | 3 | Rs.1300 | Rs.150 × Final Rating | |||||
| Eman | 2 | Rs.1100 | Rs.200 × Final Rating |
Our objective here is to minimize the final ratings in order to find the minimum value of the monthly payment.
We cannot have a rating of 1 in any of the parameters since all the drives got the bonus and we need to have at least one parameter with a rating of 5. With this understanding, we obtain the following:
Arun:
Minimum rating = (5+4+2+2+3)/5
Minimum sum of ratings = .
Rating = .
Payment = .
Barun:
minimum rating = (5+3+2+2+3)/5
Minimum sum of ratings = .
Rating = .
Payment = .
Chandan: {rating of 5 in exactly two parameters based on condition 1}
minimum rating = (5+5+2+2+3)/5
Minimum sum of ratings = .
Rating = .
Payment = .
Damodaran:
minimum rating = (5+3+2+2+3)/5
Minimum sum of ratings = .
Rating = .
Payment = .
Eman:
Minimum rating = (5+3+2+2+3)/5
Minimum sum of ratings = . Rating = . Payment = .
The minimum payment among all drivers is (for Eman).
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