Math 10120 Assignments, Spring 2009


Reading should be completed before class on the given date.

Be careful to justify your solution when a homework problem calls for it.

Date covered Section/Topic Reading
(page numbers)
Problems Due
Jan. 14 §5.1 Sets
213–217
§5.1: # 1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 43, 44, 46 Jan. 21
Jan. 16 §5.2 A fundamental Principle of Counting
220–224
§5.2: # 2, 6, 10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 25, 31, 32, 37, 48, 49 Jan. 21
Jan. 19 §5.3 Venn Diagrams and Counting
226–229
§5.3: # 3, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 23, 25, 35, 37, 38, 49, 50, 54 Jan. 28
Jan. 21 §5.4 The Multiplication Principle
232–235
§5.4: # 1, 5, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 39, 49, 50 Jan. 28
Jan. 23 §5.5 Permutations and Combinations
239–243
§5.5: # 6, 19, 24, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 42, 47, 48, 56,
61 (tricky!), 65
Jan. 28
Jan. 26 §5.5 Permutations and Combinations (cont.)
239–243
§5.5: # 26, 31, 32, 39, 44, 54, 62, 68, 69 (note they do not specify the suits!), 72 Jan. 28
Jan. 28 §5.6 Further Counting Problems
246–249
§5.6: # 1, 2, 4,7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 31, 32 Feb. 4
Jan. 30 §5.6 Further Counting Problems (cont.)
246–249
§5.6: # 5, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 37, 38, 43 Feb. 4
Feb. 2 §5.7 The Binomial Theorem
252–256
§5.7: # 21, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43 Feb. 4
Feb. 4 Go over practice exam.
Feb. 5 (Thurs.) Exam 1, 8:00-9:15 AM, DBRT 207
Feb. 6 Return exams and go over them
Feb. 9 §6.1 Introduction
§6.2 Experiments, Outcomes and Events
273-282
§6.2: # 1,3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19 Feb. 18
Feb. 11 §6.3 Assignment of Probabilities
284-292
§6.3: # 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 27 Feb. 18
Feb. 13 §6.3 Assignment of Probabilities (cont.)
284-292
§6.3: # 3, 12, 13, 18, 19, 23, 28 Feb. 18
Feb. 16 §6.4 Calculating Probabilities of Events
295-300
§6.4: # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 27 Friday
Feb. 27
Feb. 18 §6.4 Calculating Probabilities of Events (cont.)
Monty Hall Problem (part 1)
295-300
§6.4: # 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 20, 22, 24, 30, 31 Friday
Feb. 27
Feb. 20 §6.5 Conditional Probability and Independence
304-311
§6.5: # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23 Friday
Feb. 27
Feb. 23 §6.5 Conditional Probability and
Independence (cont.)
304-311
§6.5: # 24, 32, 34, 35, 47, 49, 51 Friday
Feb. 27
Feb. 25 §6.6 Tree Diagrams
316-320
§6.6: # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21 Friday
Feb. 27
Feb. 27 §6.6 Tree Diagrams (cont.)
Monty Hall Problem (part 2)
6.7 Bayes' Theorem
316-320
324-327
§6.6: # 22, 24, 25, 29, 35
§6.7: # 1, 3, 5, 9, 11
not collected, but on exam
March 2 §6.7 Bayes' Theorem
324-327
no additional problems assigned
March 4 Go over practice exam
no additional problems assigned
March 5 (Thurs.) Exam 2, 8:00-9:15 AM, DBRT 207
March 6 Return exams and go over them
344-349
March 9-13 Spring Break
Have fun!
March 16 §7.1 Visual Representation of Data
344-349
§7.1 # 2, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16 Wed., March 25
March 18 §7.2 Frequency and Probability Distributions
352-360
§7.2 # 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 24, 28acefgj, 29 Wed., March 25
March 20 §7.3 Binomial Trials
364-368
§7.3 # 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31 Wed., March 25
March 23 §7.4 The Mean
370-378
§7.4 # 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 Wed., April 1
March 25 §7.4 The Mean (cont.)
§7.5 The variance and standard deviation
381-388
§7.5 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16 Wed., April 1
March 27 §7.5 The variance and standard deviation (cont.)
381-388
§7.5 # 11, 21, 23, 24 Wed., April 1
March 30 §7.5 The variance and standard deviation (cont.)
§7.6 The normal distribution
392-404
§7.6 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Wed., April 8
April 1 §7.6 The normal distribution
392-404
§7.6 # 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Wed., April 8
April 3 §7.6 The normal distribution
392-404
§7.6 # 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 Wed., April 8
April 6 §7.7 Normal approximation to the binomial distribution
406-410
§7.7 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 Wed., April 8
April 8 §§1.1 - 1.3 Linear equations and straight lines
1-24
Look over topics reviewed in class today (Wednesday, 4/8) to make sure you remember it from high school. Not collected
April 10, April 13 Easter Break
Happy Easter!!
April 15 Go over practice exam
no additional problems assigned
April 16 (Thurs.) Exam 3, 8:00-9:15 AM, DBRT 207
April 17 §2.1 Solving systems of linear equations, I
57-66
§2.1 # 4, 5, 7, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 43 Wed., April 22
April 20 §2.3 Arithmetic operations on matrices
70-75
§2.3 # 13, 27, 30, 33, 41, 42 Wed., April 22
April 22 §2.3 Arithmetic operations on matrices (cont.)
§2.4 The inverse of a matrix

93-100
§2.3 # 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 55 Monday, April 27
April 24 §2.4 The inverse of a matrix (cont.)
§3.1 A linear programming problem

123-127
§2.4 # 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16
§3.1 # 2, 5, 6
Monday, April 27
April 27 §3.2 Linear programming I
130-137
§3.2 # 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22 not collected
April 29 Go over practice final
Wednesday,
May 6
Final Exam
cumulative
1:45-3:45 in DBRT 131