Question: (a) Show that cycling occurs when solving the problem using the simplex method. (b) Use Brand's Rule to terminate cycling and obtain an optimal solution,

(a) Show that cycling occurs when solving the problem using the simplex method. (b) Use Brand's Rule to terminate cycling and obtain an optimal solution, if one exists. 8. Minimize z = x1 + 7x2 + :4:3 + 2x4 subject to xl+ x2+ X34\" x4+x5 = l 11 5 5x17x25x3+9x4 +x6 -0 l 3 1 5x1\" 5x25x3+ 34 +x7=0 XII-20, j=1,...,7 (due to K. T. Marshall and J. W. Suurballe)
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