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syedwaris
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I have a little thing to ask you that when you plot a graph in linear programming how do you know what scales (or measures) to choose on x-axis and y-axis?
I watched your lecture but was unable to understand this. And I know that drawing the graph will not be asked in the exam
John Moffat
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You choose scales such that it will be possible to draw all of the relevant lines (and I do explain this in my lecture).
However, it is irrelevant for the exam since you will never be expected to draw the graph.
syedwaris
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BUT how should we actually choose scales to draw all the lines?
According to the example of the notes then we should choose the scale in two ways:
1) Use scales after finding the values for S and E such as in materials S value is 40 while E value is 20. So we should choose a scale up to 40 which is the highest value. (correct?)
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2) We can use the average of total available resources such as 80 kg of material is available so choosing the scale would be on average of total available resource (80 kg / 2) = 40 which will be the highest scale.
(Both ways are correct?)
I know that we’ll not be asked to draw in the exam but I am learning to draw myself and I am stuck plotting the scales.
Thanks for your previous answer 🙂
John Moffat
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You just need to make sure that the scales go far enough so as to be able to draw all of the lines. So for each constraint put 0 for one of the variables and calculate the value of the other variable, then repeat it putting 0 for the other variable.
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