A Hard Constraint

question 28

Multiple Choice

A hard constraint

• A) cannot be violated
• B) may be violated
• C) is always binding
• D) is always part of the feasible solution

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Definitions:

Interval

A range between two numbers or points, often used to specify a period of time or a statistical range.

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Z-score

A metric that depicts how far a certain value stands from the mean of a collection of values, using the unit of standard deviations for measurement.

First Quartile

The value below which 25% of the data falls, marking the lower quarter of a data set.