True or false about linear programming

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The optimum occurs at a corner of the region.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Points outside the feasible region are feasible.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A bounded region gives both a max and a min.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   An unbounded region always has a maximum.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   x and y must be non-negative in these problems.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation