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8. A hot dog manufacturer wishes to minimize the cost in dollars of producing a low-cost, niche product while meeting the dietary guidelines for protein and sodium. When the model has been run, the _ variable in the sodium constraint has a value of 1,100 milligrams, which means the minimum-cost hot dashes 1,100 milligrams more sodium than required. a. surplus b. slack c. conditional d. discrete

Solution

the correct choice is a) surplus

since the constraint has excess of amount which is the definition of slack variable