linux linear programming model

[KevinO]

Kevin Brown wrote:
>> Sounds like a SQL problem.
>> Data -> database -> query -> answer :)
> 
> It isn't because it is trying to solve a multivariate series of problems.
> 
> X + 2Y - 3Z = 8
> X*Y/Z = 12
> 
> Solve for X, Y and Z (which you can't in this case because there is one 
> fewer equations than you have variables).  
You an solve for all three variables, you just can't assign a value to all three.

You can show that either x = 8 or y = 4, and that z could be any real value.
;-)

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KevinO