Sample QuestionsLinear Programming questions
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For the following LPP, maximise $Z=3 x+4 y$ subject to constraints $x-y \geq-1, x \leq 3, x \geq 0, y \geq 0$ the maximum value is
View full solution →The feasible region of an LPP is given in the following figure

Then, the constraints of the LPP are $x \geq 0, y \geq 0$ and View full solution →In a linear programming problem, the constraints on the decision variables $x$ and $y$ are $x-3 y \geq 0, y \geq 0$, $0 \leq x \leq 3$. The feasible region
View full solution →In the given graph, the feasible region for a LPP is shaded. The objective function $Z=2 x-3 y$, will be minimum at

View full solution →Based on the given shaded region as the feasible region in the graph, at which point(s) is the objective function $Z=3 x+9 y$ maximum?

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Minimize Z = -3x + 4y subject to $x + 2y \leq 8, \ 3x + 2y \leq 12, \ x \geq 0, \ y \geq 0.$
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Maximize Z = x + y, subject to $x - y \leq - 1, - x + y \leq 0, \ x, \ y \geq 0$.
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Maximise Z = 3x + 4y subject to the constraints: $x + y \le4, \ x \geq 0, \ y \geq 0$
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Minimise Z = 200x + 500y subject to the constraints:
$x + 2 y \geq 10$
$3 x + 4 y \leq 24$
$x \geq 0 , y \geq 0$
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Maximise Z = 4x + y subject to the constraints:
x + y $\le$ 50
3x + y $\le$ 90
x $\ge$ 0, y $\ge$ 0
View full solution →Show that the minimum of Z occurs at more than two points.
Maximize Z = -x + 2y subject to the constraints: $x \geq 3,x + y \geq 5,x + 2y \geq 6,y \geq 0$.
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Minimise and Maximise Z = x + 2y subject to $x + 2 y \geq 100,2 x - y \leq 0,2 x + y \leq 200$; $x , \ y \geq 0$.
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Minimize and Maximize Z = 5x + 10y subject to $x + 2y \leq 120, \ x + y \geq 60$, $x - 2y \geq 0, \ x, \ y \geq 0$.
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Minimise Z = x + 2y subject to 2x + y $\ge$ 3, x + 2y $\ge$ 6, x, y $\ge$ 0.
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Maximize Z = 3x + 2y subject to $x + 2y \leq 10,3x + y \leq 15,x,y \geq0$
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A corner point of a feasible region is a point in the region which is the _________ of two boundary lines.
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If the feasible region for a LPP is _________, then the optimal value of the objective function Z = ax + by may or may not exist.
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In a LPP if the objective function Z = ax + by has the same maximum value on two corner points of the feasible region, then every point on the line segment joining these two points give the same _________ value.
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A feasible region of a system of linear inequalities is said to be _________, if it can be enclosed within a circle.
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In a LPP, the linear inequalities or restrictions on the variables are called _________.
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In a LPP, the maximum value of the objective function Z = ax + by is always finite.
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Maximum value of the objective function Z = ax + by in a LPP always occurs at only one corner point of the feasible region.
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The feasible region for an LPP is always a _________ polygon.
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If the feasible region for a LPP is unbounded, maximum or minimum of the objective function Z = ax + by may or may not exist.
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In a LPP, the minimum value of the objective function Z = ax + by is always 0 if origin is one of the corner point of the feasible region.
View full solution →Maximize $Z=3 x+2 y$ subject to constraints $x+2 y \leq 10,3 x+y \leq 15, x \geq 0, y \geq 0$ by using graphical method.
View full solution →Maximise $z=3 x+5 y$ subject to the constraints -
$\begin{array}{l}3 x+5 y \leq 15 \\5 x+2 y \leq 10 \\x \geq 0, y \geq 0\end{array}$
View full solution →Maximise $z=4 x+y$ subject to the constraints -
$\begin{array}{l}x+y \leq 50 \\3 x+y \leq 20 \\x \geq 0, y \geq 0\end{array}$
View full solution →Solve the following linear programming problem for minimisation by graphical method :
Objective function
$
\begin{aligned}Z = 5 x + y \\
constraints
3 x + 5 y & \geq 1 5 \\
5 x + 2 y & \leq 1 0 \\
x \geq 0 , y & \geq 0
\end{aligned}
$
View full solution →Solve the following linear programming problem by graphical method. Under the following constraints :
$
\begin{aligned}
x+2 y & \geq 10 \\
x+y & \geq 6 \\
3 x+y & \geq 8 \\
x, y & \geq 0
\end{aligned}
$
$\operatorname{minimise} Z=3 x+5 y$.
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