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Meadows or Malls: Writeup, and Reflection

The Writeup
There are many things I learned in this unit to lead to the unit problem being solved. The first one I
would like to discuss is the corner point principle. This helped solve the unit problem by determinant
the corner pontis within the feasible region. Allowing the profit region or maximum and minimum
profit to be found. The corner points can fall at the vertex of the feasible region. This method only
works with two or more variables because to have intersecting lines you must have at least two lines.
This helped me work on different variations of the Meadows or Malls problem to get a better
understanding of how to determine the maximum and minimum profit of an equation. The next thing I
would like to discuss is the difference between one solution, infinite solutions and no solutions. The
difference is that a problem with one solution can be solved and you can constantly get the same
solution. Infinite solutions means you can solve but the solution will not necessarily be accurate
because you could get a different solution every time. No solution means the equation does not have a
solution at all because one or more values. This relates to solving meadows and malls because when
solving the final meadows or malls problem the matrices worked the same systems of equations. The
matrices either had one solution, no solution or infinite solutions. If one of the matrices had infinite or
no solutions then the constraint pairs that caused it to have infinite or no solutions could be crossed off;
this way there were less constraint pairs when solving the very last part of the Meadows or malls
problem. The third concept I would like to discuss is graphing and solving linear equations in three
variables. This concept helped me learn how to solve systems of linear equations. Learning to solve
systems of linear equations helped me solve the unit problem because the constraints are given as linear
equations and have to be turned into matrices. The unit problem got solved using matrices instead of
systems of equations because with any more than three variables systems of equations become
extremely difficult to complete without confusion and matrices become simpler than systems of linear
equations. Graphing symptoms of linear equations in three variables is a simple way of solving the
equation by showing where the solution lays on the graph; this concept was not used in solving the
final part of Meadows or Malls. The fourth concept I would like to discuss is finding intersections of
planes in three spaces(finding planes on the x, y and z planes ). This did not help me to solve the final
unit problem but it did help me gain an understanding of how the different flames can look and
intersect. The fifth area I would like to discuss is using matrices to represent information, matrix
operation, matrix properties and using matrices to solve systems of linear equations . This was really
helpful in answering the unit question. Without using matrices I would have had to write out many
systems of linear equations and solve them all. This would have been messy and confusing. The
 matrices made this so much easier because you plug them into a matrix calculator and it gives you the
solution. Then one can eliminate the constraints that don't work. This worked extremely well to
eliminate variables and help determine the final solution in the simplest possible way. Matrices are very
complicated to determine what goes on in each matrix and how to set up the matrices. But the matrices
are the simplest way to represent the systems of equations. These are the key concepts I used to figure
out the final answer to the unit problem.

The Reflection

This school year has been more difficult than most with school being online. Group work for a little
while was almost non existent. Once it was time to begin group work again it was hard to get along
with a group. For me this was because it had been so long since the last time I participated in group
work. As the year progressed I began to adapt to doing group work online to the point where I now can
work with a group online in the same way I work with a group in person. Additionally in the middle
of the year I was struggling with getting assignments turned in for this class and even if I did turn it in I
only completed half of it alot of the time. Around spring break I got adapted enough to online school
that I started turning everything in and completing the full assignment; even if I'm not entirely sure
what i'm doing I still try my best and try to ask questions or explain what I did in the private comments
of the assignment. Overall this project presented some challenges for me but all the obstacles that I
faced in this project helped me grow as a mathematician and as a learner.

During this project I have gained some key insights about who I am as a learner in math. First
and most importantly I have gained the insight that I can adapt to things like online learning,
learning in person and doing both at the same time. These have really helped me learn that it
takes me a while to adapt to changes but once I adapt it is smooth sailing from that point
forward. Second, I have gotten more comfortable with expressing my confusion and asking
questions. Prior to this semester I did not feel comfortable asking questions. Now if I have any
confusion I will ask someone whether it's Julian or a friend. This has helped me understand
things that I don't understand. These are the two main insights have gained about myself as a
mathematician during this project and this year as a whole.