In a typical diet problem formulation, suppose that drinking milk and eating carrots together added more nutritional value due to the interaction of the two foods in the digestive process than doing the exact same things 3 hours apart. This would still lend itself to linear programming formulation.

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Linear programming assumes additivity of effects, meaning the total effect is simply the sum of individual effects without interactions. The described scenario involves a non-linear interaction between milk and carrots, which violates this assumption.

In a Typical Diet Problem Formulation, Suppose That Drinking Milk