In a typical product mix model, where a companymust decide how much of each product to produceto maximize profit, there are sometimes customerdemands for the products. We used upper-boundconstraints for these: Don’t produce more than youcan sell. Would it be realistic to have lower-boundconstraints instead: Produce at least as much as isdemanded? Would it be realistic to have both (wherethe upper bounds are greater than the lower bounds)?Would it be realistic to have equality constraints:Produce exactly what is demanded?

In a typical product mix model, where a companymust decide how much of each product to produceto maximize profit, there are sometimes customerdemands for the products. We used upper-boundconstraints for these: Don’t produce more than youcan sell. Would it be realistic to have lower-boundconstraints instead: Produce at least as much as isdemanded? Would it be realistic to have both (wherethe upper bounds are greater than the lower bounds)?Would it be realistic to have equality constraints:Produce exactly what is demanded?

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