MATH 1711: WEEK 11

Topics for this week are:

• Linear Programming

Objectives for this week:

• Sketch the feasible set for any system of inequalities in two variables, and find all the corner points
• Maximize or minimize a given objective function using the corner points of the feasible set

Text coverage:     Sections 3.1 - 3.3 of Goldstein, Schneider and Siegel.

Online resources:

• Week 11 Formula Sheet
• Week 11 Practice Problems
• Maple Worksheets
  • A Maple worksheet on linear programming.  In this worksheet, we see how Maple can be used to help sketch and solve linear programming problems in two variables.

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