Looking at the Ingredients List on a Jar of Spaghetti

question 45

Multiple Choice

Looking at the ingredients list on a jar of spaghetti sauce, you see that olive oil is the second ingredient. This means that olive oil is

• A) the second ingredient by alphabetical listing.
• B) just one of the ingredients present in the sauce.
• C) the second most abundant ingredient by weight.
• D) the second most abundant ingredient by volume.

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Definitions:

Feasible Region

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Linear Programming

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Linear Programming

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