Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions:
Suppose Jack

question 83

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the Questions:
Suppose Jack and Joe want to take turns, using the bottom-up strategy, to allocate a selection of cookies. Their ranked preferences are listed below: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l } & \text { 1st } & \text { 2nd } & 3 \text { rd } & \text { 4th } & 5 \text { th } & 6 \text { th } \\\text { Jack } & \text { chocolate } & \text { peanut butter } & \text { macadamia } & \text { macaroon } & \text { sugar } & \text { oatmea } \\\text { Joe } & \text { peanut butter } & \text { oatmeal } & \text { macaroon } & \text { macadamia } & \text { chocolate } & \text { sugar }\end{array}$$
-If Jack chooses first, what is his first choice?

• A) chocolate
• B) peanut butter
• C) macadamia
• D) macaroon

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Definitions:

Price/Demand Elasticity

The measure of how much the demand for a product or service changes in response to a change in its price.

Reduced Gradient

A numerical optimization method that calculates the direction in which an objective function should be modified to achieve the quickest improvement, considering constraints as gradients as well.

Nonlinear Optimization

The process of maximizing or minimizing an objective function that is nonlinear in its variables, subject to constraints.

Reduced Cost

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