Question: Consider the following problem. Minimize Z = 2x1 + x2 +3x3, Subject to and x1 ¥ 0, x2 ¥ 0, x3 ¥ 0. (a) Using

Consider the following problem.
Minimize Z = 2x1 + x2 +3x3,
Subject to

Consider the following problem.
Minimize Z = 2x1 + x2 +3x3,
Subject

and
x1 ‰¥ 0, x2 ‰¥ 0, x3 ‰¥ 0.
(a) Using the two-phase method, work through phase 1 step by step.
(b) Use a software package based on the simplex method to formulate and solve the phase 1 problem.
(c) Work through phase 2 step by step to solve the original problem.
(d) Use a software package based on the simplex method to solve the original problem.

5x 2x2 7x 420 3x1 + 2x2 + 5x2 280

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