Math 1310 Distance: Tips for Assignment 2

Published: Fri, 10/04/13

Did you read my tips on how to study and learn Math 1310?  If not, here is a link to those important suggestions:
Did you read my tips for Assignment 1?  If not, here is a link to those important suggestions:
Tips for Assignment 2
Here is a link to the actual assignment, in case you don't have it handy:
Note that you need to study Lesson 15 (Linear Programming and Feasibility Regions) and Lesson 16 (The Simplex Method) from my Matrices for Management book to prepare for this assignment.
Don't have my book? You can download a sample containing Lessons 1 and 2 here:
I think you should find this assignment fairly straightforward if you do thoroughly study and do all the Practise Problems I give you in Lessons 15 and 16.
Question 1
By the "corner point" method, they mean using a graph as I do in Lesson 15.  Be sure to draw a graph and shade the feasibility region to identify the corner points.  Label all the lines you draw on the graph and all the corner points.
Question 2
Make sure you have studied my strategies for solving Word Problems discussed in Lesson 15 of my book and exemplified by my questions 4 and 5 in the Lecture Problems.  Be sure you clearly define all the variables you use, and don't forget to say x > 0, etc.  Unlike my examples, you must also proceed to solve the problem using the same method you used in Question 1 above.
Question 3
I show you how to perform the Simplex Algorithm in Lesson 16.