A solution to a transportation problem that has less than m + n − 1 cells with positive allocations in the transportation tableau is
A) an optimal solution.
B) an initial feasible solution.
C) a minimum-cost solution.
D) a degenerate solution.

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A degenerate solution occurs when the number of positive allocations is less than m + n - 1, where m is the number of rows and n is the number of columns in the transportation tableau.

A Solution to a Transportation Problem That Has Less Than