document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=826057>Question 826057</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the minimum and maximum values of each function over the feasible region<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F(X)=3x+y </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #497818 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=497818\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The feasible region forms a polygon.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You find the coordinates of the vertices (corners) of the feasible region, and calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=F ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"F\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the (x,y) coordinates at each corner.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A linear function will be maximum at one or two of those vertices.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is maximum at 2 vertices, it will have the same value at the side/edge of the feasible region that connects those two vertices.  </SPAN>\n" );
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