PT Ceria wants to assign its flagship manager to five offices located in five different countries that are currently experiencing problems. The five countries are Singapore, Japan, philippines, Hongkong and Vietnam. However, before being sent, each manager was tested on their estimated ability to resolve problems in each country, and as a result of these tests obtained data on the amount of time (days) each manager needed to resolve the issue in each country, which is described in the table below.

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PT Ceria wants to assign its flagship manager to five offices located in five different countries that are currently experiencing problems. The five countries are Singapore, Japan, philippines, Hongkong and Vietnam. However, before being sent, each manager was tested on their estimated ability to resolve problems in each country, and as a result of these tests obtained data on the amount of time (days) each manager needed to resolve the issue in each country, which is described in the table below.

  Singapore  Japan Philiphines Hongkong Vietnam
Abi 18 26 16 18 11
Adi 15 21 8 20 13
Ali 46 18 9 15 17
Ami 12 15 10 8 14
Ani 16 20 13 9 46

Based on the data above, what assignment should the company make if the company intends to minimize the number of days it takes to resolve the problem in all five countries? Analyze your answers!

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