In Most Cases in Solving Linear Programming Problems,we Want the Decision

question 67

Multiple Choice

In most cases in solving linear programming problems,we want the decision variables to be:

• A) equal to zero
• B) nonnegative
• C) nonpositive
• D) All of these options

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