Optimizing an Advertising Campaign
Ashlee Francom
Math 1010
10/23/14
Optimizing an Advertising Campaign Reflective Writing
Before I started this project my opinion of how math is applied in a business situation was abysmal. I was at one point in my college career a business major. When I found out just how many math classes were required and how much time I’d actually spend doing math problems I quickly changed my major to hospitality and tourism.
I can see how linear programing would be a useful skill so that you can actually see where your money or goods are going. If one of my employees could show a problem like this to me on paper I would trust their answer and use it in the future. There are many other ways to use linear programming other than in a business setting. Another example would be if a farmer had a piece of land he wanted to plant more than one type of plant on and a limited amount of fertilizer and insecticides. He could figure out the most efficient to plant to get the best use out of his chemicals.
This project didn’t change the way the way I think about math being applied in the real world, but I did help me understand it better. When I’m just doing math problems I gets very boring, but actually seeing their applications in the real world it helps it all make sense and have a purpose.
Math 1010
10/23/14
Optimizing an Advertising Campaign Reflective Writing
Before I started this project my opinion of how math is applied in a business situation was abysmal. I was at one point in my college career a business major. When I found out just how many math classes were required and how much time I’d actually spend doing math problems I quickly changed my major to hospitality and tourism.
I can see how linear programing would be a useful skill so that you can actually see where your money or goods are going. If one of my employees could show a problem like this to me on paper I would trust their answer and use it in the future. There are many other ways to use linear programming other than in a business setting. Another example would be if a farmer had a piece of land he wanted to plant more than one type of plant on and a limited amount of fertilizer and insecticides. He could figure out the most efficient to plant to get the best use out of his chemicals.
This project didn’t change the way the way I think about math being applied in the real world, but I did help me understand it better. When I’m just doing math problems I gets very boring, but actually seeing their applications in the real world it helps it all make sense and have a purpose.