I hadn’t, and your article lost me there to be honest. You didn’t explain the what, why, or when behind it, and it didn’t make sense to me at all. That said, I’m abnormally horrible at math.
> You didn’t explain the what, why, or when behind it
>> The trouble starts when you have two variables, and you need to combine them in different ways to hit two different numbers. That’s when Gaussian elimination comes in.
>> In the last one we were trying to make 23 cents with nickels and pennies. Here we have two foods. One is milk, the other is bread. They both have some macros in terms of carbs and protein:
>> and now we want to figure out how many of each we need to eat to hit this target of 5 carbs and 7 protein.
Noted! I may make a totally separate post on gaussian elimination. Could you talk me through what parts were confusing, and would you be willing to review a post on gaussian elimination to see if it works for you?
