document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1112477>Question 1112477</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the given LP problem. If no optimal solution exists, indicate whether the feasible region is empty or the objective function is unbounded.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maximize  p = x &#8722; 7y subject to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + y &#8805; 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y &#8804; 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x &#8805; 0, y &#8805; 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x, y) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(I got (1.5, 5) as x and y and it was wrong) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The point (1.5,5) is where the two constraint lines intersect.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the feasibility region is unbounded; there is no limit on how large x can be.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So there is no maximum value of the objective function p = x-7y. </SPAN>\n" );
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