Trying different starting points and picking the best solution will always yield the optimal solution to a nonlinear programming problem.

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Trying different starting points may lead to different local optima, but it does not guarantee finding the global optimum solution. Therefore, it is not always possible to obtain the optimal solution to a non-linear programming problem by simply trying different starting points.

Trying Different Starting Points and Picking the Best Solution Will