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#26 2014-01-03 05:34:39
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Hi gAr;
In post #5 what is the function you are trying to minimize?
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#27 2014-01-03 05:58:18
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Hi,
I was considering minimizing the time taken for the car, the third inequality.
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#28 2014-01-03 06:00:52
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Usually the cost function ( the one you have to minimize) is given as an equation not an inequality. How did you minimize it?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#29 2014-01-03 06:10:43
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
That's right, I stripped out the inequality part from that and applied to check the time required!
Tried something and got the answer.
Also tried varying the maximum hours for the constraints in geogebra by plotting the inequalities.
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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
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#30 2014-01-03 06:20:04
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Hi;
You used trial and error until you got the lowest one you could find?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#31 2014-01-03 06:26:00
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Trials in geogebra, algebra gave the exact answer.
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#32 2014-01-03 06:30:47
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
Hi;
Okay, thank you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#33 2014-01-03 06:38:16
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Re: Is it possible to solve this without guessing?
You're welcome!
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
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