Mathematical modeling is a class taught by Mrs. Durost, and it focuses on open-ended problem solving through application of concepts. At the beginning of the year, we learned modular arithmetic and bases, enabling pattern recognition in our day-to-day problem solving. We moved onto statistics, then Exeter problems, where we learned important concepts in trigonometry and vectors!
MTFC, Modeling the Future Challenge, is a team-based math challenge where groups tackle real-world scenarios using mathematics. My MTFC group consists of myself, Madison Lee, Emmanuel Yu, Charlotte Corbin, and Ryan Prendergast, and we are addressing a situation surrounding firefighter response times. This MTFC proposal outlines the core challenges of this issue and provides three risk mitigation strategies that we plan to model and test that can prevent larger response times to fires. Going forward, we will analyze direct data from firefighter stations to do so.
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HiMCM, High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling, is a team-based math competition where various groups across the world gather to solve real-world problems mathematically. In preparation of the actual competition, we were assigned a practice question where we could choose a prompt relating to rollercoasters or a triathlon. My group, consisting of three people, chose the rollercoaster prompt and we wrote a twenty-page report on our model, data analysis, solution, justifications and assumptions, and a news release. It was fun seeing some of my personal favorite rollercoasters on this dataset, and because it was one of my first long reports of the class, I was proud of what my group and I did.
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