Sensitivity Analysis May Be Used to

question 31

Multiple Choice

Sensitivity analysis may be used to

• A)experiment with possible future changes in the firm that may affect profits.
• B)determine whether a corner point of the feasible region actually yields optimal profit.
• C)replace the simplex method.
• D)reduce the number of variables in a complex LP problem.
• E)solve LP problems that require solutions only in whole numbers.

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