OPERATIONS RES APP W/ STUDENT SOL MAN
OPERATIONS RES APP W/ STUDENT SOL MAN
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Author: WINSTON
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  • The slope of the line is between the other variables x1 and x2. That is

    k = c

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  • The slope of the line is between the other variables x1 and x2. That is

    k = c

c.

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  • The slope remains the same when the line drops or lifts...

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  • If High Income Men requirement is 8 then the feasibility is lost.
  • If HIM requirement is decreased t...

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Shadow price

  • For High Income Men, the value of RHS is 24 + ∆.
  • Then the RHS of the c...

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Optimum value

  • For High Income Women, the value of RHS is 24 + ∆.
  • Then the RHS of the constraint will represent a worse value of z−value = 320 - (−2) (−5) = $310,000

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