Problem Statement
For this problem we had to deduct which line at a grocery store would take the least time to get to the front of. In one of the lines we have multiple people with few items in another there's one person with a whole lot of items.
For this problem we had to deduct which line at a grocery store would take the least time to get to the front of. In one of the lines we have multiple people with few items in another there's one person with a whole lot of items.
Process
At first we were all quite shocked by the amount of informatiopn proided to solve this problem. Of course I quickly discovered that it wasn't as complicated as the barrage of numbers made it seem a lot more complicated than it actually was. I quickly figured out a way to add certain values in order to find out how many seconds it would take for each item to be scanned. Then I just had to add those numbers to the number of seconds it would take to pay and I had the exact checkout time for each person in line.
At first we were all quite shocked by the amount of informatiopn proided to solve this problem. Of course I quickly discovered that it wasn't as complicated as the barrage of numbers made it seem a lot more complicated than it actually was. I quickly figured out a way to add certain values in order to find out how many seconds it would take for each item to be scanned. Then I just had to add those numbers to the number of seconds it would take to pay and I had the exact checkout time for each person in line.
Other's Processes
I feel that a lot of people really over complicated the problem. Like I said earlier we were all a bit frightened by the amount of numbers provided to solve the problem. I guess that made a lot f people feel that the solution had to be equally as complicated as the problem itself seemed to be. Igot to see a lot of graphs and long formulas that incorporated many values in many different ways. However, I only had to use about 3 or 4 numbers and I arrived at the same solution that they did, and hey, some of them were actually wrong in the end.
I feel that a lot of people really over complicated the problem. Like I said earlier we were all a bit frightened by the amount of numbers provided to solve the problem. I guess that made a lot f people feel that the solution had to be equally as complicated as the problem itself seemed to be. Igot to see a lot of graphs and long formulas that incorporated many values in many different ways. However, I only had to use about 3 or 4 numbers and I arrived at the same solution that they did, and hey, some of them were actually wrong in the end.
Solution
The final answer ended up being that the line with a single person with many items was the fastest. This was because of the multiple people who had to pay in the other line took way more time than just a single person paying.
The final answer ended up being that the line with a single person with many items was the fastest. This was because of the multiple people who had to pay in the other line took way more time than just a single person paying.
Self-Assessment
I am extremely proud of the way that I was able to solve this problem. It was a classic work smarter not harder situation. For this problem I didn't just jump right in, I took a very long time to analyze it before tackling it. I guess that because of this I could say that I used the habit of hypothesising/experimenting.
I am extremely proud of the way that I was able to solve this problem. It was a classic work smarter not harder situation. For this problem I didn't just jump right in, I took a very long time to analyze it before tackling it. I guess that because of this I could say that I used the habit of hypothesising/experimenting.
Problem Evaluation
I really liked this problem. I guess a lot of it is owed to the problem's simple exterior being followed by a complicated set of information that actually had easy interpretation behind it. Maybe that's what I found so appealing, being given these tools but being let alone to find out what to do with them ourselves. Overall one of my favorite so far.
I really liked this problem. I guess a lot of it is owed to the problem's simple exterior being followed by a complicated set of information that actually had easy interpretation behind it. Maybe that's what I found so appealing, being given these tools but being let alone to find out what to do with them ourselves. Overall one of my favorite so far.