Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Is an Autoimmune Disease That Affects the Brain

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Essay

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.
MS affects women more than men, and is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40. MS sufferers typically have problems of coordination and walking. The standard care for some sufferers is a plastic device affixed to the lower leg and ankle. In a recent test of this device, volunteers with MS were timed as they walked across a room.
Times, measured without the device (ND) and with the device (D), are presented below.

-Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf display that will allow comparison of thetimes on the walking task.

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Definitions:

Objective Function

A mathematical function used in decision-making, optimization, or problem-solving that specifies the objective to be maximized or minimized.

Maximize Contribution

A financial strategy or goal to increase the difference between total sales and total variable costs to maximize the profit contributed towards fixed costs and earnings.

Unbounded Maximizing

A type of optimization problem where the goal is to find the highest possible value of an objective function without upper limits.

Constraints

Limitations or restrictions that affect the performance, capability, or efficiency of a process, system, or project.