Answer to Question #84341 in Financial Math for Ra

Question

Given below is a table obtained after a few iterations, using the simplex method to solve a linear programming problem to maximise the total contribution from product A and product B.
cj's : 8.5 10.5 0 0 0
Basic variables : X1 X2 S1 S2 S3
Quantity
X2 : 0 1 3/5 -2/5 0 300
X1 : 1 0 -2/5 3/5 0 300
S3 : 0 0 -1/5 -1/5 1 400
i) Is the solution above optimal? ii) Does the problem have an alternative solution? If so, find the other solution.

Answer 1

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