Mathematics
GATE MA Linear Programming PYQs
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Questions 11–20 of 39. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 25
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Consider the following Linear Programming Problem P:
The optimal value of the problem P is ____________.
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Consider the transportation problem between five sources and four destinations as given in the cost table below. The supply and demand at each of the source and destination are also provided:
Sources | | P | Q | R | S | Supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | | 13 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 20 |
2 | | 10 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
3 | | 3 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 50 |
4 | | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 30 |
5 | | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 40 |
Demand | | 60 | 10 | 20 | 60 | |
Let
and
be the total cost of the initial basic feasible solution obtained from the North-West corner method and the Least-Cost method, respectively. Then
equals __________.Log in to check the answer
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Consider the Linear Programming Problem P:
subject to
The optimal value of the problem P is equal to __________.
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Let
,
be a feasible solution for the dual problem of the linear programming problem
Which of the following statements is TRUE?Your answerChoose one option.
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Let
,
and
. Consider the linear programming primal problem
Let
and
be feasible solutions of the primal and its dual, respectively. Which of the following statements are TRUE?Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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Three companies
,
and
submit bids for three jobs
,
and
. The costs involved per unit are given in the table below:Company | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | 10 |
| 15 | 10 | 9 |
Then, the cost of the optimal assignment is ________.
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The optimal value for the linear programming problem
is _____.Log in to check the answer
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A certain product is manufactured by plants
,
and
whose capacities are 15, 25 and 10 units, respectively. The product is shipped to markets
,
,
and
, whose requirements are 10, 10, 10 and 20, respectively. The transportation costs per unit are given in the table below.\n\n| |
|
|
|
| Supply |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|\n|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 |\n|
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 |\n|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |\n| Demand | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |\n\nThen the cost corresponding to the starting basic solution by the Northwest-corner method is _____.Log in to check the answer
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Consider the Linear Programming Problem
:Maximize
subject to
Then the optimal value of the dual of
is equal to __________.Log in to check the answer
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Consider the Linear Programming Problem
:Minimize
subject to
If
is a basic feasible solution of
, then
__________.Log in to check the answer
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