Answer to Question #190705 in Operations Research for Raa

Question

To write the dual of the following LLP :

Minimise Z = 16x₁ + 9x₂ + 21x₃

Subject to the constraints :

x₁ + x₂ + x₃ = 16

2x₁ + x₂ + x₃ >= 12

x₁ , x₂ >= 0

x₃ - unrestricted.

Answer 1

After introducing the 3 slack variables we can write the dual form of the given LPP.