#$&* course MTH 151 2/27/2015 12:43 AM 011. `Query 11
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Given Solution: `a** The meaning is 1^2, 1^3, 1^4. We take a power of the base. The result is always 1. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): 3 ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `qQuery (previously 1.4.30) What can you say about the square root of a negative number? What can you say about the square of a negative number? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: You will be given an error. You will always have a positive. confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** The square root of a negative will often give you an error (what can you square to get a negative, since any number squared is positive?), but on certain calculators it gives a complex number (actually two complex numbers). These are not real numbers; for the purposes of this course there is no real square root of a negative number. There is no real number that can be squared to give a negative. If you square a negative number you get a negative times a negative, which is positive. If you square a positive number you get a positive number. So a negative number has no real square root. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 1.4.38 (previously 1.4.42) drawer has 18 compartments; how many drawers to hold 204 tapes? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: we need 12 drawers. confidence rating #$&*:ok ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** 204 / 18 = 11 with remainder 6. If we had 11 drawers they would hold all but 6 of the tapes. The leftover tapes also have to go into a drawer, so we need a 12th drawer. ** " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 1.4.38 (previously 1.4.42) drawer has 18 compartments; how many drawers to hold 204 tapes? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: we need 12 drawers. confidence rating #$&*:ok ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** 204 / 18 = 11 with remainder 6. If we had 11 drawers they would hold all but 6 of the tapes. The leftover tapes also have to go into a drawer, so we need a 12th drawer. ** " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: #*&!
#$&* course MTH 151 1:08 Am 2/27/2015 Question: `qQuery 3.1.10 Shrek is top grossing film.
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Given Solution: `a** A sentence is a statement if it is true or false. Otherwise it is not a statement. 'There goes a big one' is not a statement because the word 'big' is open to interpretation so is not a statement. 'There are 3.87 * 10^89 particles in the universe at this instant' is a statement: it is either true or it isn't, though we don't know enough to tell which. The gross receipts for a film can be regarded as hard facts--unlike opinions on whether a film is good, or artistic. If 'a top grossing film' is defined as, say, a top-10 film in gross receipts, then we could ascertain whether it is true or false and we would have a the statement. However, 'top grossing' isn't defined here--does it mean one of the top three for the week, top 10 for the year, or what?--and for that reason we can't decide for sure whether it is true or false. So this sentence couldn't be regarded as a statement. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `qQuery Not assigned, but you should be able to answer: Is 'Sit up and behave.' a statementlineCount = lineCount + 1: bLine$(lineCount) = "" YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: NO it is not. confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** This is not a statement. It is a command. You could evaluate the truth of the statement 'you sat up', but not the truth of the command to sit up. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.30 negate 'some people have all the luck YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: all of the people dont have all the luck. confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** The negation would be 'all people don't have all the luck', which means 'nobody has all the luck'. The negation of 'some do' is indeed 'all do not', which is the same as 'none do'. The negation of 'all do' is 'some do not'. The negation of 'none do' is 'some do'. COMMON ERROR: Not everyone has all the luck, or equivalently some people do not have all the luck. This is not incompatible with the original statement, and the negation must be incompatible. Both would be true if some do have all the luck and some don't. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.42 p: she has green eyes q: he is 56. What is the statement (p disjunction q)? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: She has green eyes or he is fifty six. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** The statement is 'She has green eyes or he is 56 yrs. old' ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.48 What is the statement -(p disjunction q) YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: she doesn't have green eyes and he is 56 years old confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** The correct translation is 'It is not the case that she has green eyes or he is 56 yrs. old'. An equivalent statement, using deMorgan's Laws, would be 'she doesn't have green eyes and he is 56 years old' COMMON ERROR: She doesn't have green eyes or he is not 56 years old. This statement negates p V q as ~p V ~q, which is not correct. The negation of p V q is ~p ^ ~q. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.54 Jack is an English Major or Chris collects DVDs, and it is not the case that both are so YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: (p U q) ^ ~(p ^ q) confidence rating #$&*:ok ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** The statement 'jack English or Chris collects' is symbolized by (p U q). The statement that it is not the case that both are so is symbolized ~(p ^ q). The entire statement is therefore (p U q) ^ ~(p ^ q).** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `q3.1.68 (formerly 3.1.60). This was not assigned, but you should be able to reason this out: {}{}True or false: there exists an integer that is not a rational number. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: False confidence rating #$&*:ok ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** A rational number is a number that can be written as p / q, with p and q both integers. Examples are 2/3, -5489/732, 6/2, etc.. Other examples could be 5/1, 12/1, -26/1; these of course reduce to just 5, 12, and -26. The point is that any integer can be written in this form, with 1 in the denominator, so any integer is in fact also a rational number. Thus there is no integer that is not a rational number, and the statement is false. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.74 (was 3.1.66) Not assigned, but reason it out: True or false: each rat number is a positive number. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: False confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** This is false, and to prove it you need only give an example of a rational number that is negative. For example, -39/12 is a rational number (integer / integer) and is negative. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 ********************************************* Question: `qQuery 3.1.74 (was 3.1.66) Not assigned, but reason it out: True or false: each rat number is a positive number. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: False confidence rating #$&*:3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** This is false, and to prove it you need only give an example of a rational number that is negative. For example, -39/12 is a rational number (integer / integer) and is negative. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ok ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating:3 #*&!