document.write( "Question 1202912: Consider the following simplex tableau.
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document.write( "Change to a system of equations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify:\r\n" );
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document.write( "All of the variables are non-negative.  Solve the last equation for P:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To make P large as possible choose what is subtracted from it to be 0,\r\n" );
document.write( "so we can keep the whole 18 for P if we choose x = 0 and u = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Choose x = 0, y = 1, for a maximum value of P = 18.\r\n" );
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