When the Allowable Increase or Allowable Decrease for the Objective

question 48

Multiple Choice

When the allowable increase or allowable decrease for the objective function coefficient of one or more variables is zero it indicates (in the absence of degeneracy) that

• A) the problem is infeasible.
• B) alternate optimal solutions exist.
• C) there is only one optimal solution.
• D) no optimal solution can be found.

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