Homework for Math 143 C
Fall, 2008


Problem Set

Date Assigned

Chapter

Problems

06 9/25 BPS 8 Read (or finish reading) this chapter.
BPS 8 Do Exercises: 14, [15], [17-26], 30, [31], [41], 44
BPS 9 Do Exercises: [1], 2, [3], [5], [7]
9/26 NA ∗4 -- Using a quarter, flip it and allow it to land on the ground. If it lands “heads” (George Washington's face showing), then flip it 25 more times recording, in order, the results. If, on the other hand, your first flip was “tails”, then write down 25 H's and T's in a manner you think simulates actual coin flips. (Either way, you will wind up with a list of 25 H's and T's looking something like
    HTTHTHHHT...
Send Professor Scofield a one-line email containing your name followed by your 25-letter string of H's and T's. Do not indicate in the email whether your string represents real or fabricated coin tosses, and do not include the very first toss (the one used to decide if you would actually flip a coin 25 more times) in your string.
BPS 9 Read this chapter.
Do Exercises: [9], 10, 12, [16-24], 26, [27], 32

Notation

n manditory problem
∗n problem not found in text (but still manditory)
(n) helper problem
[n] ungraded problem
{n} optional problem