What is the maximum flow per minute of High-Price Oil's pipeline?

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High-Price Oil corporation owns a network of pipelines that is used to transport oil from a
drilling facility to a processing plant. The network is indicated below.
Due to varying pipe sizes, the flow capacities vary, and the values given on each arc is the
number of liters of oil per minute that each pipe can handle. The oil must enter Node 1, and
leaves this pipe facility at Node 7.
What is the maximum flow per minute of High-Price Oil's pipeline?
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Transcribed Image Text:High-Price Oil corporation owns a network of pipelines that is used to transport oil from a drilling facility to a processing plant. The network is indicated below. Due to varying pipe sizes, the flow capacities vary, and the values given on each arc is the number of liters of oil per minute that each pipe can handle. The oil must enter Node 1, and leaves this pipe facility at Node 7. What is the maximum flow per minute of High-Price Oil's pipeline? 2 3 S
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