A company has a goal to maintain the current employment level, but places more importance on laying employees off than on hiring new employees. In other words, the company would rather hire than lay off employees

If the company assigns a "penalty weight" of 4 for the amount under the employment goal (goal 2) and a weight of 2 for the amount over the employment goal, how would this be expressed in the objective function?
A) Min 4P2d2- + 2P2d2+
B) Min 2P2d2- + 4P2d2+
C) Max 4P2d2- + 2P2d2+
D) Min 4P2d2+ + 2P2d2-


Answer: A

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