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Consider a restaurant that is
open seven days a week. Based on past experience, the number of
workers needed on a particular day is given as follows:
Every worker works five consecutive days, and then takes two days off,
repeating this pattern indefinitely. How can we minimize the number
of workers that staff the restaurant?
Michael A. Trick
Mon Aug 24 16:30:59 EDT 1998