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At the current trial solution, , where
 .
Therefore we next move along the line
from (1.862, 0.266) toward (1.862, 0.266) + (-1.028, 7.193) = (0.832, 7.459),
i.e., along the line  as  increases from 0.
Since  and  along this line
 ,
which is maximized at
 .
Therefore, the new trial solution is
 .