Question: max z = 2 x 1 + 3 x 2 s.t. x 1 + 2 x 2 6 2 x 1 + x 2 4

max z = 2x1 + 3x2

s.t. x1 + 2x2 6

2x1 + x2 4

x1, x2 0

The following Simplex tableau corresponds to a basic feasible solution to the LP problem above.

Rowzx1x2s1s2RhsBV01-0.501.509z100.510.503x2201.50-0.511s2

According to this Simplex Tableau, this basic feasible solution is x1 = s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456, x2 = s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456, s1 = s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456, and s2 = s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456. In this basic feasible solution, variables s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 are basic variables, and variables s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 are nonbasic variables. To move to a better adjacent basic feasible solution, variable s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 is the entering variable (i.e., entering the basis), and variable s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 is the leaving variable (i.e., leaving from the basis). The Simplex tableau for the better adjacent basic feasible solution is:

Rowzx1x2s1s2RhsBV01 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 z10 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456x220 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456 s1s2x1x2s1 and s2s1 and x1s1 and x2s2 and x1s2 and x2x1 and x2-3-2.5-2-1-0.5-1/301/32/314/31.55/328/3310/3456x1

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