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Constraints:

(1) 4x-5y≤50,

(2) -x+2y≥24

(3) x+y≤80

Vertices:

(2)+(3)=3y=104, y=104/3, x=136/3

(1)+4(2)=3y=146, y=146/3, x=220/3

4(3)-(1)=9y=270, y=30, x=50

Let's assume that neither x nor y can be negative, otherwise there would be no definable minimum for g. Therefore we must assume that the x and y axes form a boundary with the given lines. These boundaries will include the y intercepts (0,12), (0,80) only. The feasibility region is a triangle with vertices:

(0,80), (136/3,104/3), (0,12). Other intercepts including all the x intercepts lie outside the feasibility region.

Taking each vertex we can calculate g:

(0,80): g=640; (136/3,104/3): g=1240/3; (0,12): g=96.

So x=0, y=12 produces the minimum g.

Now we need to check that this satisfies all the constraints:

(1) 4x-5y=-60 which is less than 50; OK

(2) -x+2y=24; OK

(3) x+y=12 which is less than 80; OK

If the axes are not constraints then only constraint (2) would apply and there would be no definable minimum.

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