Mat101/Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics: Assignments-Spring 2010


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The are significant differences between the 7th and 8th Editions

Assignments noted in square brackets (e.g. [ ] are for the 7th edition


Assignment 1

Carefully read the Grading Policy For This Course

Due Friday, 1-22-2010


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Fair Division

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Adjusted Winner Method

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Problem 6 Page 426 [6 Page 495]

Problem 1 Page 427 [1 Page 497]

Completed by Friday, 1-22-2010


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Knaster Inheritance Method

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Problem 11 page 428 [11 Page 498]

Completed by Tuesday, 1-26-2010


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Steinhaus Method of Cake/Pizza Slicing (Lone Divider)

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Redo Problem 27 page 429 [27 Page 500] with Player 2

assuming the position of (D)ivider and Players 1 and 3

assuming the roles of Choosers C1 and C2, respectively

Propose a way to handle the rather cumbersome case for

that was discussed in class

Completed by Tuesday, 2-2-2010

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Banach/Knaster Method of Cake/Pizza Slicing (Last Diminisher)

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Redo Problem 27 page 429 [27 Page 500] with Player 2

assuming the position of P1 and Players 1 and 3

assuming the roles of P2 and P3, respectively

Completed by Friday, 2-5-2010

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Selfridge/Conway Envy-Free Method of Cake/Pizza Slicing (for 3 people)

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Redo Problem 27 page 429 [27 Page 500] with Player 2

assuming the position of P1 and Players 1 and 3

assuming the roles of P2 and P3, respectively

Completed by Tuesday, 2-9-2010

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Apportionment (Hamilton's Method)

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Problem [10 Page 535] (not in new edition..stated below)

A country has four states, A, B, C, and D. Its House of 
Representatives has 100 members. Using the data below 
for the Old and New Census apply Hamilton's Method for 
both and determine whether the Population Paradox results.

State     Old Census      New Census
  A        5,525,382       5,657,564
  B        3.470,152       3,507,464
  C        3,864,226       3,885,693
  D          201,203         201,049
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Total     13,060,963      13,251,770

Due Friday 2/12/2010

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Apportionment (Jefferson's Method)

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Rerwork Problem [10 Page 535] (not in new edition..data above) using Jefferson's Method

Due Friday 2/12/2010

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Apportionment (Webster's Method)

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Rerwork Problem [10 Page 535] (not in new edition..data above) using Webster's Method

Due Tuesday 2/16/2010

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Apportionment (Hill/Huntington's Method)

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Rerwork Problem [10 Page 535] (not in new edition..data above) using Hill/Huntington's Method

Due Tuesday 2/16/2010



Financial Mathematics


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Savings Models

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Problem 5 page 701 and the following problem[3, 5 & 6 Page 825]

Zero Coupon Bonds are financial instrument that are purchased 
at a discount and pay a fixed and higher amount to the buyer
at maturity. The price you pay for the bond reflects the 
present value that you would have needed to deposit to receive
the maturity value at a later date based on the given interest 
rate, number of payments per year and the number of years to 
maturity. If the maturity value is $10,000, the interest rate 
is 3% and interest is compounded daily, and if the bond matures 
in 8 years, what is the present value that one would need to pay 
for this zero coupond bond?

Rework the above problem using 4% for the rate and all else 
unchanged.

Due Friday, 3-5-2010

Problems 23, 24 page 702 [17,18 Page 827]

Due Monday, 3-16-2010


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Borrowing Models

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Problems 29, 30, 31 & 32 Page 727 [19, 20, 21 & 22 Page 854]

Due Friday, 3-19-2010

Problems 33, 34 , 35 & 36 Page 727 [23, 24, 25 & 26 Page 854]

Work Mortgage Equity Problem made available on SOCS and L Drive

Due Friday, 3-19-2009


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Probability

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Problems 3, 4, 5, 11 & 12 Page 274

[3, 4, 5, 11 & 12 Page 324 ]

Problems 1a, 3, 4, 12, 13, 17, 21 & 25 Pages 275

[1, 3, 4, 12, 13, 17, 21 & 25 Pages 326 ]

Due Friday 4-2-2010


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Euler Circuits

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Problems 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 Page 20 [1-7,9,13 Pages 22 ]

Problems 1,3,19,26,33 Page 22 [1,3,17,24,31 Page 25 ]

Due Tuesday 4-9-2010


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Hamiltonian Circuits

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Problems 1,2,4,5,8,14 Page 53 [1,2,4,6,8,13 Page 61 ]

Problems 1,9,35,41,50 Page 54 [1,7,33,39 & 48 Page 64 ]

Due Tuesday, 4-13-2010


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Exploring Data

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Problems 1,2,4,5

13a(but do mean, median, mode, stardard deviation, quartiles)

45 Page 175

[1,2,4,5

11a(but do mean, median, mode, stardard deviation, quartiles)

45 Page 210 ]

Due Friday, 4-23-2009

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Final Project

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Take the link below to the grading policy page to learn about

final project. There is also a link there to the rubric that will

be used in grading.

Go To Grading Policy Page



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