MCQ
Which of the following statements about an $LP$ problem and its dual is false?
  • A
    If the primal and the dual both have optimal solutions, the objective function values for both problems are equal at the optimum.
  • B
    If one of the variables in the primal has unrestricted sign, the corresponding constraint in the dual is satisfied with equality.
  • C
    If the primal has an optimal solution, so has the dual.
  • The dual problem might have an optimal solution, even though the primal has no $($bounded$)$ optimum.

Answer

Correct option: D.
The dual problem might have an optimal solution, even though the primal has no $($bounded$)$ optimum.
If one of the problems $($primal, dual$)$ is infeasible then the other problem is infeasible.

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