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The Form of the Model Used by the Simplex Method
Just as for our original model, the objective is to choose the feasible value of  and of  (and the resulting nonnegative value of  and of ) that maximizes , where the value of  is now obtained from equation (0). Therefore, the new equivalent form of the model used by the simplex method is
Another demo, Simplex Method - Algebraic Form, describes how the simplex method obtains the optimal solution by beginning with the model in this form.
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