Thursday, January 16, 2014
Linear Programming
Today in Mathland, we actually learned something quite usefull. Ms.Vanspronsen even stated that her friend did this for a living. Linear programming is done to find things such as maximum and minimum profit from a system of inequalitites. There are seven steps in all which may take up quite some time. Linear programming is used in businesses' such as wheat farms to find out what they should produce and how much of each quantity. For example, one company can find out how much pool tables and air hockey tables they should make with the amount of time they have. This same example is shown below:
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Thank you for typing out the problem and showing the work. This helps me learn and understand better. It helps me understand where you got the numbers from. This shows me how to do a problem like this. This is a great example.
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