assignment 1

course Mth 151

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qa initial problems

01-18-2007

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assignment #001

001. Sets

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

01-18-2007

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assignment #001

001. Sets

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

01-18-2007

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assignment #001

001. Sets

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

01-18-2007

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18:49:09

`q001. Note that there are 4 questions in this assignment.

`q001. Let A stand for the collection of all whole numbers which have at least one even digit (e.g., 237, 864, 6, 3972 are in the collection, while 397, 135, 1, 9937 are not). Let A ' stand for the collection of all whole numbers which are not in the collection A. Let B stand for the collection { 3, 8, 35, 89, 104, 357, 4321 }. What numbers do B and A have in common? What numbers do B and A' have in common?

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B and A both have whole numbers; Both have whole numbers and counting numbers, and some even and odd numbers. I'm really nou sure about this one.

confidence assessment: 1

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18:50:01

Of the numbers in B, 8, 89, 104, 4321 each have at least one even digit and so are common to both sets. 3 is odd, both of the digits in the number 35 are odd, as are all three digits in the number 357. Both of these numbers are therefore in A ' .

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ok

self critique assessment: 2

Your response did not agree with the given solution in all details, and you should therefore have addressed the discrepancy with a full self-critique, detailing the discrepancy and demonstrating exactly what you do and do not understand about the given solution, and if necessary asking specific questions.

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18:52:52

`q002. I have in a room 8 people with dark hair brown, 2 people with bright red hair, and 9 people with light brown or blonde hair. Nobody has more than one hair color. Is it possible that there are exactly 17 people in the room?

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no, there are 19: 8 with dark brown, 2 with red, and p with either blonde or light brown

confidence assessment: 3

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18:53:19

If we assume that dark brown, light brown or blonde, and bright red hair are mutually exclusive (i.e., someone can't be both one category and another, much less all three), then we have at least 8 + 2 + 9 = 19 people in the room, and it is not possible that we have exactly 17.

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ok

self critique assessment: 2

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18:54:45

`q003. I have in a room 6 people with dark hair and 10 people with blue eyes. There are only 14 people in the room. But 10 + 6 = 16, which is more than 14. How can this be?

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the 10 people with dark hair could be in the category of people with blue eyes

confidence assessment: 3

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18:55:03

The key here is that there is nothing mutully exclusive about these categories-a person can have blue eyes as well as dark hair. So if there are 2 people in the room who have dark hair and blue eyes, which is certainly possible, then when we add 10 + 6 = 16 those two people would be counted twice, once among the 6 blue-eyed people and once among the 10 dark-haired people. So the 16 we get would be 2 too high. To get the correct number we would have to subtract the 2 people who were counted twice to get 16 - 2 = 14 people.

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ok

self critique assessment: 2

Self-critique should be included here.

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19:01:17

`q004. In a set of 100 child's blocks 60 blocks are cubical and 40 blocks are cylindrical. 30 of the blocks are red and 20 of the red blocks are cubical. How many of the cylindrical blocks are red?

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Enter, as appropriate, an answer to the question, a critique of your answer in response to a given answer, your insights regarding the situation at this point, notes to yourself, or just an OK.

Always critique your solutions by describing any insights you had or errors you makde, and by explaining how you can make use of the insight or how you now know how to avoid certain errors. Also pose for the instructor any question or questions that you have related to the problem or series of problems. 60 cubical, 40 cylindrical, 30 are red and 20 of red are cubical. I know that 20 of the 60 cubical are red so that leaves 10 of the cylindrical red.

confidence assessment: 2

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19:01:33

Of the 30 red blocks 20 are cubical, so the rest must be cylindrical. This leaves 10 red cylindrical blocks.

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ok

self critique assessment: 3

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assignment #001

001. Sets

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

01-18-2007"

You're doing OK here; I don't see any problem at this point. However you will learn more if when your answers doen't completely match the given solutions, you self-critique in the prescribed manner.