Solve this problem using the graphical method: Minimize Cost: 3a + 7b Subject to the following constraints: 9 a + 3 b ≥ 36 4 a + 5 b ≥ 40 a − b ≤ 0 2 a ≤ 13 Determine the optimal solution for this problem. Type your final answers in the space provided for this question. Show your graph in the solutions file (hand-drawn) with the shaded feasible region

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Solve this problem using the graphical method:

Minimize Cost:  3a + 7b

Subject to the following constraints:

9 a + 3 b ≥ 36

4 a + 5 b ≥ 40

a − b ≤ 0

2 a ≤ 13

  • Determine the optimal solution for this problem.
  • Type your final answers in the space provided for this question.
  • Show your graph in the solutions file (hand-drawn) with the shaded feasible region
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