document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=251704>Question 251704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine if the following maximum linear programming problem is in standard form.  Do NOT solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Maximize       P = 2x1 + 3x2 + 8x3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     Subject to the constraints:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 <= x1 <= 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2 &#8805; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x3 &#8805; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x4 &#8805; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2 + x3 + x4 <= 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nope.  This is augmented form.  Notice the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x_4\"> variable in the final constraint inequality?  That is a slack variable that would not be found in standard form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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