Decision 1 - Unit 8

Question 0

How to label a table at the top?

Answer 0

P , x , y , s , t , value , equation no.

Question 1

How to rewrite equations to use in a tableau

Answer 1

Make the equation with P equal to 0.

Introduce slack variables (s,t,r) to all other equations.

Question 2

How to find a pivot element

Answer 2

In the top row, choose the lowest number as the pivot column.
Divide the value by the number in the corresponding row. Whichever is lowest, is where the pivot element is.

Question 3

How to create new equations.

Answer 3

For the pivot row, divide or times it by a number to make the pivot element 1.
For other rows, take away or add multiples of the pivot row to make other values 0.

Question 4

How to know what the simplex is complete.

Answer 4

When there are no more negative numbers in in the row with P

Question 5

How to find the new equation

Answer 5

If the x, y etc values have a 1 in he heir column then they equal the value. If they have a different number they are ignored.