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CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Optimum Allocation of Resources - LPP

In a maximisation linear programming problem with three structural constraints (all of the ≤ type) and two decision variables, the dual problem will have:

The dual has three variables and two constraints, because every primal constraint corresponds to one dual variable and every primal decision variable corresponds to one dual constraint. Three primal constraints give three dual variables, and two primal variables give two dual constraints.

  1. ATwo variables and three constraints
  2. BThree variables and two constraintsCorrect
  3. CThree variables and three constraints
  4. DTwo variables and two constraints

Explanation

Each primal constraint gives one dual variable and each primal variable gives one dual constraint. With three primal constraints and two primal variables, the dual has three variables and two constraints. Option A reverses the mapping.

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