Linear Programming, Inevitable Zero Variable

hsp170

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I've just learned the simplex method of solving maximum profits using constraints. Is it true that when the number of variables is one more than the number of constraints, one of the variables in the solution to max of the objective function (given those constraints) will be zero? I'm having a difficult time understanding why this would be the case.
 
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