At the initial basic feasible solution at the origin, only slack variables have a value greater than:
A) 0
B) 1
C) -1
D) 1 or -1

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At the origin, all the decision variables will have a value of 0. Therefore, any non-zero variable in the initial basic feasible solution must be a slack variable. Since slack variables represent the surplus or slack in the constraints, they must be positive, which means their value will be greater than 0. Therefore, the correct choice is A.

At the Initial Basic Feasible Solution at the Origin, Only