What Combination of X and Y Will Yield the Optimum

question 99

Multiple Choice

What combination of x and y will yield the optimum for this problem?

• A)x = 2, y = 0
• B)x = 0, y = 0
• C)x = 0, y = 3
• D)x = 1, y = 5
• E)none of the above

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