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Karina Nieto works for New Products Inc., and one of her many tasks is assigning new workers to departments. The company recently hired six new employees and would like each one to be assigned to a different department. The employees have completed a two-month training session in each of the six departments from which they received the evaluations shown below (higher numbers are better). Determine how the new employees should be assigned to departments so that overall performance is maximized.
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