Two cuts give the upper bounds
from the source cut, and
from the cut whose source side is
The latter cut crosses the edges , of respective capacities .
At , a flow of value is
At , a flow of value is given by
For , take the convex combination of these two flows with weights and . It is feasible at capacity and has value . For , the second flow remains feasible and has value . The two cut bounds are therefore attained, and the parametric maximum flow with one source capacity is