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You are given the following points in the plane:(1, 3), (2, 5), (3, 7), (5, 11), (7
Chapter 7, Problem 7.8(choose chapter or problem)
You are given the following points in the plane:
(1, 3), (2, 5), (3, 7), (5, 11), (7, 14), (8, 15), (10, 19).
You want to find a line ax + by = c that approximately passes through these points (no line is a perfect fit). Write a linear program (you don’t need to solve it) to find the line that minimizes the maximum absolute error,
\(\max _{1 \leq i \leq 7}\left|a x_{i}+b y_{i}-c\right| .\)
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QUESTION:
You are given the following points in the plane:
(1, 3), (2, 5), (3, 7), (5, 11), (7, 14), (8, 15), (10, 19).
You want to find a line ax + by = c that approximately passes through these points (no line is a perfect fit). Write a linear program (you don’t need to solve it) to find the line that minimizes the maximum absolute error,
\(\max _{1 \leq i \leq 7}\left|a x_{i}+b y_{i}-c\right| .\)
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
We introduce a variable z to the formula . It remains to constrain z such that . Since we are minimizing , it is sufficient to have , which is equivalent to the requirements