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We've got 5 persons: A,B,C,D and E.
Each persons has a specific distance to each other person.



For example:
Distance for each person to each other person



Each year, those persons have to meet x times on one of the persons house.
How am I supposed to calculate how ofter everyone has to host a meeting so everyone has approximately the same distance to travel?










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    Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
    – paw88789
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  • You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
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We've got 5 persons: A,B,C,D and E.
Each persons has a specific distance to each other person.



For example:
Distance for each person to each other person



Each year, those persons have to meet x times on one of the persons house.
How am I supposed to calculate how ofter everyone has to host a meeting so everyone has approximately the same distance to travel?










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    Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
    – paw88789
    Jan 4 at 12:42












  • You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
    – Macavity
    yesterday










  • @Macavity is it possible for you to give a short explanation?
    – C4p741nZ
    8 hours ago














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We've got 5 persons: A,B,C,D and E.
Each persons has a specific distance to each other person.



For example:
Distance for each person to each other person



Each year, those persons have to meet x times on one of the persons house.
How am I supposed to calculate how ofter everyone has to host a meeting so everyone has approximately the same distance to travel?










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We've got 5 persons: A,B,C,D and E.
Each persons has a specific distance to each other person.



For example:
Distance for each person to each other person



Each year, those persons have to meet x times on one of the persons house.
How am I supposed to calculate how ofter everyone has to host a meeting so everyone has approximately the same distance to travel?







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    Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
    – paw88789
    Jan 4 at 12:42












  • You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
    – Macavity
    yesterday










  • @Macavity is it possible for you to give a short explanation?
    – C4p741nZ
    8 hours ago














  • 1




    Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
    – paw88789
    Jan 4 at 12:42












  • You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
    – Macavity
    yesterday










  • @Macavity is it possible for you to give a short explanation?
    – C4p741nZ
    8 hours ago








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Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
– paw88789
Jan 4 at 12:42






Not necessarily relevant to your question: The distances are inconsistent. For instance A to C is distance $4.3$; C to B is distance $2$. But A to B is $10$. Certainly A could go to C and then on to B for a total distance of $6.3$. I.e., the triangle inequality is violated.
– paw88789
Jan 4 at 12:42














You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
– Macavity
yesterday




You need to solve for $x=1,2$ the rest follow easily enough.
– Macavity
yesterday












@Macavity is it possible for you to give a short explanation?
– C4p741nZ
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@Macavity is it possible for you to give a short explanation?
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