Math 40.F7  Linear Mathematics and Matrices  Fall 2008

Text:     
Finite Mathematics, by Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, 9th edition.
Addison Wesley, 2008.  ISBN-10: 0-321-428293

Grading: 
      
Homework (15%)   -   Best 7 of 9 (or so), graded on a 0-4 scale.
Exams (50% or 25%*)   -   Friday, October 17 and Wednesday, November 26.
Final Exam (35% or 60%*)   -   Cumulative: Wednesday, December 17, 8 - 10 AM

 
*  If the final exam grade is better than the lower of the two exams.
  
Make-up exams may be given for special circumstances, but will be (much) more difficult than the original!
 

Course Outline
 
Topic Chapter Sections
Linear Functions 1 1, 2, 3
Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices
 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Linear Programming: The Graphical Method
 3 1, 2, 3
Linear Programming: The Simplex Method
 4 1, 2, 3
Sets and Probability
 7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Markov Chains
 10
 1, 2, 3
Game Theory 11 1, 2, 3
 
 
Homework Assignments
  
#
Date
Chapter
Section
Page
Suggested Problems
1
 9/5
 1
 1
 15
   1 - 13 odd, 21, 26 - 28, 34 - 36, 40, 41, 61, 65, 67, 69, 72
2
 9/5
 1
 2
 29
   3, 8, 10, 15 - 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 33, 35, 43
3
 9/12
 1
 3
 41
   9, 16, 21, 22 - Hand in #16 on Monday (9/15)
4
 9/15
 2
 1
 65
   1, 9, 14, 18, 21, 25, 26, 32, 38, 39, 46, 48, 49
5
 9/19
 2
 2
 80
   1, 3, 7, 13, 19, 26, 32, 40, 49, 51, 61
6
 9/24
 2
 3
 92
   17, 20, 23 - 27, 43, 44
7
 9/26
 2
 4
 103
   6, 10, 11, 21 - 24, 27, 28, 31, 38, 43 - Hand in #28 on Monday (9/29)
8
 9/26
 2
 5
 116
   1, 5, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 30, 33, 39, 40, 56, 60, 65 - Hand in #40 on 9/29
9
2
 6
 125
   3, 5, 7, 18, 21, 23 (with calculator)
10
3
 1
 145
   25 - 31 odd, 32, 39 - 41, 44
11
3
 2
 152
   1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 15
12
3
 3
 160
   7, 10, 11, 15, 26
13
4
 1
 175
   5 - 17 odd, 26, 29
14
4
 2
 185
   1 - 13 odd, 22, 25, 27, 37
15
4
 3
 200
   9, 13, 17, 20, 23
16
7
 1
 349
   1 - 17 odd, 20, 25, 29, 31, 53, 64
17
7
 2
 360
   5, 15, 18, 21 - 29 odd, 42, 45
18
7
 3
 372
   13, 17, 19 - 22, 30 - 34, 49
19
7
 4
 383
   12, 15, 21, 31 - 33, 53, 54, 61, 68
20
7
 5
 401
   4, 13, 26 - 31, 53, 54, 61, 68
21
7
 6
 413
   1 - 6, 9, 18, 25, 31, 32, 39
22
10
 1
 564
   1 - 15 odd, 16 - 21, 23, 30 - 33, 38, 40
23
10
 2
 575
   1 - 19 odd, 25, 32, 36
24
10
 3
 587
   1 - 11 odd, 15, 23, 25 - 27
25
11
 1
 606
   1 - 8, 15 - 25 odd, 30, 31, 33, 36, 38
26
11
 2
 618
   1 - 5, 11 - 19 odd, 31, 33, 35, 36
27
11
 3
 626
   1 - 11 odd, 14, 18, 21, 25