For problems where the activities have profit graphs with shapes similar to the one shown in Figure 11.17, what are some advantages of using the kind of approximation displayed in this figure to enable applying separable programming?

Data from Figure 11.17

The solid curve shows a profit graph for an activity whose marginal return decreases on a continuous basis. The dashed-line segments display the kind of approximation used by separable programming.

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Profit Profit graph Approximation Level of activity