Math as a Liberal Art - Mathematics 105 - Fall 2008

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 HW #

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Final

R 12/11
8:30-
11:30am
Fowler 309
Final exam will cover all material covered this semester (HW assignments 1-22).
Here is last year's final exam, with solutions (Note: if you printed out the practice exam before Wednesday 12/3/08, the order of the problems has changed now!)  This was last year's final; it did not contain any problems on Ch 15.
Here are some sample problems on Ch 15, with solutions.
 

22

W 12/3 Sec 15.6. Ch 15: 59-62.

21

M 12/1 Section 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5. Ch 15: 50, 51, 53-55, 58.

20

F 11/21 Section 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5. I haven't yet covered everything in these four sections; so for now you can read only what seems necessary for the homework problems (or rely on your class notes); you can read these sections in full detail later if you want. Ch 15: 1-4, 41-43, 47-49.
Solutions

Quiz 5

M 11/17 Will cover Sections 7.1 and 7.3, HWs 18-19.
Here's a practice quiz. Here are the solutions.
 

19

F 11/14   Ch 7: 39-42, 56.
Solutions

18

M 11/10
W 11/12
Sec 7.1 and 7.3 (skip 7.2). Ch 7: 1-5, 9, 10, 11-14, 19-20, 23-24.
Solutions

Quiz 4

F 10/31 Will cover Sections 11.1-11.6, HWs 12-17. Bring review questions to class on Wednesday.
Here are some practice problems; they may not cover all topics for this quiz, though.
Solutions to practice problems
 

17

W 10/29 11.6 pages 384-388. Ch 11: 35-44.
Solutions

16

M 10/27 11.6 pages 383-384. Ch 11:  63-66, 68, 69, 71-74
Note: in problem 74, the labels are different than how we did them in class. Use the book's labels on your homework.
Here are pages 402 & 403.
Solutions

15

F 10/24 Section 11.5. Ch 11: 29-34..
Here is page 399.
Solutions

14

W 10/22 Section 11.4, plus p. 381. Ch 11: 21-24, 27, 28.
Here is page 398.
Solutions

13

M 10/20 Sections 11.3. Ch 11: 11-20.
Here are pages 396397.
A page of blank graph paper.
Solutions

12

W 10/15 Sections 11.1-11.2. Ch. 11: 1-10.
You may find it convenient to click here and print out pages 395-396 and do your answers directly on the figures in some of the problems.
Solutions

Quiz 3

W 10/8 Will cover Chapter 8, HWs 10-11. Bring review questions to class on Monday.
Optional: visit our book's online companion for Chapter 8. There are three self-graded online quizzes there that you can practice if you want. If you do try them, do only the following: Quiz#1: 1, 2, 10-14;  Quiz#2: 1, 4, 10-15;  Quiz#3: 1.
 

11

M 10/6 Chapter 8: p. 289-297. May skip p. 290 and 298. Ch. 8: 37, 45, 51ab(skip c), 59, 60, 67, 68.
Solutions

10

F 10/3 Chapter 8: p. 274-288. May skip page 281 and Example 8.3 for now, but do read the definition of arc right under Figure 8-3 . Ch. 8: 16, 17, 19, 23, 26, 27.
Solutions

Quiz 2

M 9/29 Will cover Chapter 5, HWs 6-9.
I'll spend Friday mostly answering your review questions.
Optional: visit our book's online companion for Chapter 5. There are three self-graded online quizzes there that you can practice if you want.
 

9

F 9/26 Section 5.7. Ch. 5: 41, 43, 45, 47-51.
Solutions

8

W 9/24 Section 5.6. Ch. 5: 28, 33, 37a, 38, 46, 68, 69.
Solutions

7

M 9/22 Read the definition of "bridge" on page 169.
Read the rest of Section 5.5: p. 174.
Ch. 5: 53-55, 57.
Also do these additional problems.
Solutions

6

F 9/19 Read the intro to Chapter 5 (it's before Section 5.1).
Also read section 5.5 pages 171-173. Refer to Section 5.3 for any terminology you don't understand; but no need to read all of 5.3, yet. If you find the concepts difficult, you should also read sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.4.
 
Ch. 5: 21, 23, 25, 27.
Note: a path may or may not start and end at the same vertex (i.e., it may or may not be a circuit).
Solutions

Quiz 1

W 9/17 Will cover HW 1-5, and all topics in Chapter 1 that we covered in class. The quiz will be mostly (or maybe entirely) multiple choice. Most of the problems will be similar to or based on HW problems, but a few may be based on the reading assignments and the lectures.  

5

M 9/15 Section 1.6; may skip Example 1.22.
Also read the Conclusion section.
Ch. 1: 43, 49a, 68, 73.
Solutions

4

F 9/12 Section 1.5: "How many pairwise comparisons" (pages 21-23). Ch. 1: 51-53, 57, 58, 60, 62.
Solutions

3.5

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Review this table and make sure you can give the required explanations and examples.
If you want a reading source other than our book, you might find this page helpful.
Just for fun (optional): an applet (program) to make up and test different preference schedules.
Start HW #4 by doing Exercises 60 & 62.

3

M 9/8 Section 1.5 up to "How many pairwise comparisons". Ch. 1: 36, 59, 65, 74bc  d .
Problem 74: cancel d (a lot of algebra).
Solutions

2

F 9/5 Section 1.4. Ch. 1: 20, 21, 23, 26, 31, 33, 34, 63, 64, 66, 74a.
Solutions

1

W 9/3 Sections 1.1-1.3. Ch. 1: 1, 2, 6, 11, 13-16.
Solutions
 
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