The Only Restriction We Place on the Initial Solution of a Transportation

question 90

Multiple Choice

The only restriction we place on the initial solution of a transportation problem is that

• A)we must have nonzero quantities in a majority of the boxes.
• B)all constraints must be satisfied.
• C)demand must be less than supply.
• D)we must have a number (equal to the number of rows plus the number of columns minus one)of boxes that contain nonzero quantities.
• E)None of the above

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