Sheet (4)
Solve the following LP problems using the big M Method:
a) Maximize −3𝑥1 + 5𝑥2 b) Maximize −7𝑥1 − 15𝑥2 − 20𝑥3
Subject to 𝑥1 − 2𝑥2 ≤ 6 Subject to 𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 3𝑥3 ≥ 12
𝑥1 ≤ 10 𝑥1 + 3𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 ≥ 15
𝑥2 ≥ 1
𝑥1 ≥ 0, 𝑥2 ≥ 0 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ≥ 0
c) Maximize 6𝑥1 + 4 𝑥2 d) Minimize 𝑥1 + 𝑥2
Subject to 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 ≤ 5 Subject to 2𝑥1 + 4𝑥2 ≥ 4
𝑥2 ≥ 8 𝑥1 + 7𝑥2 ≥ 7
𝑥1 , 𝑥2 ≥ 0 𝑥1 ≥ 0, 𝑥2 ≥ 0
e) Minimize −𝑥1 − 3𝑥2 +𝑥3 f) Minimize 3𝑥1 + 𝑥2
Subject to 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 ≤ 4 Subject to 4𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = 4
−𝑥1 + 𝑥3 ≥ 4 5𝑥1 + 3𝑥2 ≥ 7
𝑥3 ≥ 3 3𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 ≤ 6
𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ≥ 0 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 ≥ 0
g) Maximize 2𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 3𝑥3 h)
Subject to 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 ≤ 5
2𝑥1 + 3𝑥2 + 4𝑥3 = 12
𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ≥ 0
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