Edexcel D1 2016 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicLinear Programming

3. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{049de386-42a9-4f16-8be3-9324382e4988-04_1684_1492_194_283} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Figure 3 shows the constraints of a linear programming problem in \(x\) and \(y\), where \(R\) is the feasible region. The equations of two of the lines have been given.
  1. Determine the inequalities that define the feasible region.
  2. Find the exact coordinates of the vertices of the feasible region. The objective is to maximise \(P\), where \(P = k x + y\).
  3. For the case \(k = 2\), use point testing to find the optimal vertex of the feasible region.
  4. For the case \(k = 2.5\), find the set of points for which \(P\) takes its maximum value.