The document describes the formulation of an optimization problem to maximize the objective function f(x1, x2) = 10x1 + 20x2 subject to several constraints. It introduces additional variables x3, x4, x5, x6 to transform the constraints into equality constraints. The problem is then restated using only variables x1, x2, x5 by eliminating x3, x4, x6. Finally, a penalty term -Mx6 is added to the objective function to encourage x6 = 0 and further simplify the problem.