Before beginning this exercise, the group needs to read and solve Exercise 40.
a A political group is planning a demonstration on 95lh Street between 113th Place and 117th Court for 5 p.m. Wednesday. The problem becomes one of minimizing traffic flow on 95lh Street (between 113th and 117ih) without causing traffic tie-ups on other streets. One possible solution is to close off traffic on 95lb Street between 113th and 117th (let
). What can group members conclude about
under these conditions?
b. Working with a matrix allows us to simplify the problem caused by the political demonstration, but it did not actually solve the problem. There are an infinite number of solutions; each value of
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