Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-probability-statistics-and-options-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2007/t/2/d/solution

At the current dual prices , the new product has reduced cost , so it can increase profit. Its transformed resource column is
Increasing by changes the old basic variables to and . Thus leaves at , giving
For a certificate, take dual prices . They price the four products at , respectively, each at least its profit. Their resource total is , equal to the achieved profit. Weak duality proves optimality, and the profit has increased by two.

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