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The two stages involve making the decisions on the values of the two variables in order.At stage n,let the state sn be the vector (R1,R2),where Ri is the slack in the i-th constraint,so s1 = (13,9)and s2 = (13 - 2 11ea84c6_c901_ca63_83dc_1992569ec41c_TB2462_11 ,9 - 11ea84c6_c901_ca64_83dc_650189c8fb77_TB2462_00 ).For stage 2 (the second variable),we have f2 (R1,R2, x2)= x2,0 \(\le\) x2\(\le\) min{R1,R2},so 11ea84c6_c901_f175_83dc_d5b564580514_TB2462_00 is easily solved,as shown in the following table. 11ea84c6_c901_f176_83dc_4b542b0e019d_TB2462_00 For stage 1 (the first variable),we now have f1(13,9, x1)= 11ea84c6_c902_1887_83dc_7954a5d9cfdf_TB2462_11 = 11ea84c6_c902_1888_83dc_e17f54016762_TB2462_11 .For 0 \(\le\) x1 \(\le\) 2, 11ea84c6_c902_3f99_83dc_d1b0fc253086_TB2462_00 \(\implies\) f1(13,9, x1)= 11ea84c6_c902_3f9a_83dc_61f7810aa53f_TB2462_11 .Since 11ea84c6_c902_66ab_83dc_bdac37f38edb_TB2462_11 for 0 ≤ x1 ≤ 2,we now have 11ea84c6_c902_66ac_83dc_6b683ccd2d61_TB2462_11 at x1 = 2.For x1 \(\le\) 2, 11ea84c6_c902_8dbd_83dc_0db9fabd8267_TB2462_11 \(\implies\) f1(13,9, x1)= 11ea84c6_c902_8dbe_83dc_cb4e668eae84_TB2462_11 Since 11ea84c6_c902_b4cf_83dc_2bb949c47aa7_TB2462_11 = 5 - 4x1 < 0 for x1 ≥ 0,it follows that 11ea84c6_c902_b4d0_83dc_9d415be54e18_TB2462_11 at x1 = 2.Since f1(13,9,x1)is maximized at x1 = 2 over both the range 0 ≤ x1 ≤ 2 and the range x1 ≥ 2,the maximum must be at x1 = 2 over the entire range of x1 ≥ 0.Consequently, 11ea84c6_c902_b4d1_83dc_75e652fe9298_TB2462_11 (13,9)= 11ea84c6_c902_dae2_83dc_5d8afae9009c_TB2462_11 at 11ea84c6_c902_dae3_83dc_a57d75d48423_TB2462_11 = 2.Therefore,since x1 = 2 leaves a slack of R1 = 13 - 2 11ea84c6_c903_01f4_83dc_4376dbeca1d1_TB2462_11 = 5 and R2 = 9 - 11ea84c6_c903_01f5_83dc_dd46efd200f3_TB2462_11 = 5 in the two constraints,so 11ea84c6_c903_2906_83dc_f96d3c9256a1_TB2462_11 = min{R1,R2} = 5,the optimal solution for the overall problem is 11ea84c6_c903_2907_83dc_15f605169b8a_TB2462_11 = 2, 11ea84c6_c903_5018_83dc_75553210bff4_TB2462_11 = 5,with Z* = 15.