Understand the concept
An objective function is optimised over constraints.
Maximise x+y given x≥0, y≥0, x+y≤5
- Step 1: The objective x+y cannot exceed 5
- Step 2: at (5,0) it reaches 5.
Final answer: Maximum 5
Maximise x+y where x+y≤7 and x,y≥0
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