How to create a fair vacation scheduling roster

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I have a team of five employees and must manage their vacation requests to ensure that I have adequate coverage. Days next to holidays are very popular (i.e., taking Friday, July 1st off to create a longer July 4th weekend). I need 3 of the 5 people to be at work on these popular vacation days. If there are seven opportunities for long weekends for the rest of the year, and if I have five employees (two of whom may be off at once), how many long weekend opportunities can each person have?

 

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I have a team of five employees and must manage their vacation requests to ensure that I have adequate coverage. Days next to holidays are very popular (i.e., taking Friday, July 1st off to create a longer July 4th weekend). I need 3 of the 5 people to be at work on these popular vacation days. If there are seven opportunities for long weekends for the rest of the year, and if I have five employees (two of whom may be off at once), how many long weekend opportunities can each person have?

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