AQA Further Paper 3 Discrete 2019 June — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther Paper 3 Discrete (Further Paper 3 Discrete)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicThe Simplex Algorithm

3 The Simplex tableau below is optimal.
\(\boldsymbol { P }\)\(\boldsymbol { x }\)\(\boldsymbol { y }\)\(\boldsymbol { z }\)\(\boldsymbol { r }\)\(\boldsymbol { s }\)value
1\(k ^ { 2 } + k - 6\)00\(k - 1\)120
00011.506
001000.586
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  1. Deduce the range of values that \(k\) must satisfy.
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  2. Write down the value of the variable \(s\) which corresponds to the optimal value of \(P\).