A hospital wants to purchase three different types of medical equipment and five manufacturers have come forward to supply one or all the three machines. However, the hospital’s policy is not to accept more than one machine from any one of the manufacturers. The data relating to the price (in thousand rupees) quoted by the different manufacturers is given below:
Machines
Manufacture RS 1 2 3
A 30 31 27
B 28 29 26
C 29 30 28
D 28 31 27
E 31 29 26
Determine how best the hospital can purchase the three machines
