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linear programming with $n$ choose $r$ variables

Given parameters $r < n$, define $m = {n \choose r}$ and let $A$ be the $n\times m$ matrix whose columns are all the vectors with $r$ $1$'s and $n-r$ $0$'s. Let $b$ be a positive $n$-vector. Is there a simple solution to the linear program: $$ \max \sum_i x_i$$ subject to $$ Ax \le b$$ and $$ x\ge 0\,?$$