Solver looks for a solution in the search space. The search space is all possible combinations of values. For this simple problem, the search space is shown in Table 1.1. One way to find a solution would be to explicitly study each combination of values until a solution was found. Even for this simple problem, this approach is obviously time-consuming and inefficient. For a more complicated problem with many variables, the approach would be unrealistic.
x=5, y=2 |
x=6, y=2 |
x=7, y=2 |
x=8, y=2 |
x=9, y=2 |
x=10, y=2 |
x=11, y=2 |
x=12, y=2 |
x=5, y=3 |
x=6, y=3 |
x=7, y=3 |
x=8, y=3 |
x=9, y=3 |
x=10, y=3 |
x=11, y=3 |
x=12, y=3 |
x=5, y=4 |
x=6, y=4 |
x=7, y=4 |
x=8, y=4 |
x=9, y=4 |
x=10, y=4 |
x=11, y=4 |
x=12, y=4 |
x=5, y=5 |
x=6, y=5 |
x=7, y=5 |
x=8, y=5 |
x=9, y=5 |
x=10, y=5 |
x=11, y=5 |
x=12, y=5 |
x=5, y=6 |
x=6, y=6 |
x=7, y=6 |
x=8, y=6 |
x=9, y=6 |
x=10, y=6 |
x=11, y=6 |
x=12, y=6 |
x=5, y=7 |
x=6, y=7 |
x=7, y=7 |
x=8, y=7 |
x=9, y=7 |
x=10, y=7 |
x=11, y=7 |
x=12, y=7 |
x=5, y=8 |
x=6, y=8 |
x=7, y=8 |
x=8, y=8 |
x=9, y=8 |
x=10, y=8 |
x=11, y=8 |
x=12, y=8 |
x=5, y=9 |
x=6, y=9 |
x=7, y=9 |
x=8, y=9 |
x=9, y=9 |
x=10, y=9 |
x=11, y=9 |
x=12, y=9 |
x=5, y=10 |
x=6, y=10 |
x=7, y=10 |
x=8, y=10 |
x=9, y=10 |
x=10, y=10 |
x=11, y=10 |
x=12, y=10 |
x=5, y=11 |
x=6, y=11 |
x=7, y=11 |
x=8, y=11 |
x=9, y=11 |
x=10, y=11 |
x=11, y=11 |
x=12, y=11 |
x=5, y=12 |
x=6, y=12 |
x=7, y=12 |
x=8, y=12 |
x=9, y=12 |
x=10, y=12 |
x=11, y=12 |
x=12, y=12 |
x=5, y=13 |
x=6, y=13 |
x=7, y=13 |
x=8, y=13 |
x=9, y=13 |
x=10, y=13 |
x=11, y=13 |
x=12, y=13 |
x=5, y=14 |
x=6, y=14 |
x=7, y=14 |
x=8, y=14 |
x=9, y=14 |
x=10, y=14 |
x=11, y=14 |
x=12, y=14 |
x=5, y=15 |
x=6, y=15 |
x=7, y=15 |
x=8, y=15 |
x=9, y=15 |
x=10, y=15 |
x=11, y=15 |
x=12, y=15 |
x=5, y=16 |
x=6, y=16 |
x=7, y=16 |
x=8, y=16 |
x=9, y=16 |
x=10, y=16 |
x=11, y=16 |
x=12, y=16 |
x=5, y=17 |
x=6, y=17 |
x=7, y=17 |
x=8, y=17 |
x=9, y=17 |
x=10, y=17 |
x=11, y=17 |
x=12, y=17 |
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