Show that it as no feasible solution.

An optimization problem:

$$\text{ maximize } z=8x+6y$$ $$\text{ such that: } x-y ≤ 0.6 \text{ and } x-y≥2$$

Show that it as no feasible solution using SIMPLEX METHOD.

It seems very logical that it has no feasible solution(how can a value be less than $0.6$ and greater than $2$ at the same time). When I tried solving it using simplex method, I found that it has an unbounded solution(as corresponding to the maximum(positive) value of $c_j − z_j$, all values in the corresponding column were either negative or zero).

• The region is empty, as you point out. There are no values of $z$ to consider. – lulu Oct 28 '17 at 12:26
• maximize $z$ over the empty set :P – Zubin Mukerjee Oct 28 '17 at 12:26
• @lulu can you please prove it through simplex method ? – SmoKer Oct 28 '17 at 12:29
• use the Two-Phases Simplex Algorithm – Marcello Sammarra Oct 28 '17 at 19:49
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you will get $$2\le x-y\le \frac{3}{5}$$ which is impossible.