alleryIn a linear programming problem, x and y are referred to as the:
ADecision variables
BDecimal variables
CDeclining variables
DDecorative variables
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Decision variables
1. The problem asks how much of each thing to choose.
2. The quantities being chosen are the unknowns.
3. Variables x and y are called decision variables.
4. So the answer is decision variables.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Part II, Ch 12 'Linear Programming'_
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