A Manager Is Interested in Using Linear Programming to Analyze

question 30

Multiple Choice

A manager is interested in using linear programming to analyze production for the ensuing week. She knows that it will take exactly 1.5 hours to run a batch of product A and that this batch will consume two tons of sugar. This is an example of the linear programming assumption of:

• A) linearity.
• B) certainty.
• C) continuous variables.
• D) whole numbers.

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