Question: Work through the matrix form of the simplex method step by step to solve the model given in Prob. 4.7-6, 5.3-2. Consider the following problem.

Work through the matrix form of the simplex method step by step to solve the model given in Prob. 4.7-6, 5.3-2. Consider the following problem.

Maximize Z  4x1  3x2  x3  2x4, subject to 4x1  2x2  x3  x4 5 3x1  x2  2x3  x4 4 and x1 0, x2 0, x3 0, x4 0.
Let x5 and x6 denote the slack variables for the respective constraints. After you apply the simplex method, a portion of the final simplex tableau is as follows:

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