In creating the spreadsheet models for the problems in this chapter, cells in the spreadsheets had to

Question:

In creating the spreadsheet models for the problems in this chapter, cells in the spreadsheets had to be reserved to represent each of the decision variables in the algebraic models. We reserved these cells in the spreadsheets by entering values of zero in them. Why didn’t we place some other value or formula in these cells? Would doing so have made any difference?