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Problems:
What are they, how can
we approach them, and
what can we learn from
them?
Consider the Following:
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Total Income
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This is an example of an inverse problem;
how can we attempt to solve it?
One way is by utilizing contours,
like on this map of Hawaii.
Here's a zoomed-in look at the Big Island.
Note that the contours represent lines
of constant elevation.
We'll use that same idea, but applied
in a different way.
For example, here's the combination A+B,
where we require that C = 75.
All points on the blue contour represent
A+B = 75.
We could also show many contours at once.
Here, the line in red represents the
requirement that A+B = 110.
We could combine A & B any way we want actually;
here are contours for A•B.
So, in the regular
problem, we find a
unique answer C from
our combined
parameters A & B.
However, in the inverse
problem, we find a
contour of solutions for
A & B from a specified
value for C.
Mathematically
speaking, there are
infinitely-many
solutions!
Things start to get even more complex
when we take uncertainties into account.
This is a Normal Curve, also called
a Bell Curve. Data can often be
represented by this type of graph.
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