0 is a wrong answer!! Please provide other answers. Niki holds two part-time jobs, Job I and Job II. She never wants to work more thanaof preparation time, and for every hour she works at Job II, she needs one hour of pJob I, and $30 an hour at Job Il and wants to maximize her income. Using simplex r vants to work more than a total of 12 hours a week. She has determined that for every hour she works at Job I, she needs 2 hoursshe needs one hour of preparation time, and she cannot spend more than 16 hours for preparation. She makes $40 an hour ater income. Using simplex method, what is the smallest number in the bottom row of the simplex table?

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