If a Decision Variable Is Not Positive in the Optimal

question 43

Multiple Choice

If a decision variable is not positive in the optimal solution,its reduced cost is

• A)what its objective function value would need to be before it could become positive.
• B)the amount its objective function value would need to improve before it could become positive.
• C)zero.
• D)its dual price.

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