Which is not required for a problem to be in tableau form?
A) Each constraint must be written as an equation.
B) Each of the original decision variables must have a coefficient of 1 in one equation and 0 in every other equation.
C) There is exactly one basic variable in each constraint.
D) The right-hand side of each constraint must be nonnegative.

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In tableau form, the original decision variables do not need to have a coefficient of 1 in one equation and 0 in every other equation. This condition is specific to the identity matrix form in the simplex method, not a requirement for tableau form.

Which Is Not Required for a Problem to Be in Tableau