Consider the following Linear Programming problem $$(LLP)$$

Maximize: $$Z = 3{x_1} + 2{x_2}$$
$$\,\,$$ Subject $$\,\,$$ to
$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{x_1} \le 4 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{x_2} \le 6 \cr & 3{x_1} + 2{x_2} \le 18 \cr & {x_1} \ge 0,\,\,{x_2} \ge 0 \cr} $$

Consider the Linear programme $$(LP)$$
Max $$4x$$ + $$6y$$
Subject to
$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,3x + 2y \le 6 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,2x + 3y \le 6 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x,y \ge 0 \cr} $$

After introducing slack variables $$s$$ and $$t$$, the initial basic feasible solution is represented by the table below (basic variables are $$s=6$$ $$t=6,$$ and the objective function value is $$0$$).

After some simplex iterations, the following table is obtained

From this, one can conclude that

Consider the Linear programme $$(LP)$$
Max $$4x$$ + $$6y$$
Subject to
$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,3x + 2y \le 6 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,2x + 3y \le 6 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x,y \ge 0 \cr} $$

The dual for the $$LP$$ is

Consider a linear programming problem with two variables and two constraints. The objective function is: Maximize $${x_1} + {x_2}.$$ The corner points of the feasible region are $$(0,0), (0,2), (2,0)$$ and $$(4/3, 4/3).$$

Let $${y_1}$$ and $${y_2}$$ be the decision variables of the dual and $${v_1}$$ and $${v_2}$$ be the slack variables of the dual of the given linear programming problem. The optimum dual variables are