MAT 115: Mathematics for Liberal Arts

• Syllabus
• Assignments
• Suggestions for the NKU Math/CS student
• The textbook includes on-line study tools.

• Materials for individual chapters:

  Chapter One: Voting Methods

  • Voting Methods
  • Key to the first test

  Chapter Two: Apportionment

  • Apportionment Methods
  • A nice site about apportionment
  • Key to the second test
  • Answers to assignments:
    • Assignment #7, Section 2.1
    • Assignment #8, Section 2.2
    • Assignment #9, Section 2.2
    • Assignment #10, Section 2.3
    • Assignment #11, Section 2.4 and review

  Chapter Four: probability

  • Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math
  • Key to the third test
  • Answers to assignments:
    • Assignment #12, Section 4.1
    • Assignment #13, Section 4.3
    • Assignment #14, Section 4.5
    • Assignment #15, Section 4.5
    • Assignment #16, Section 4.6

  Chapter Six: Paths and Networks

  • This site might give you some new insights.
  • Answers to assignments:
    • Assignment #17, Section 6.1
    • Assignment #18, Section 6.1
    • Assignment #19, Section 6.2
    • Assignment #20, Section 6.2
    • Assignment #21, Section 6.3
  • Chapter Summary
  • The fourth test and answer key.

• Commercials: (here's the commercial schedule)
  • Archimedes
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Hypatia of Alexandria
  • Emmy Amalie Noether
  • Pythagoras of Samos
  • Evariste Galois
  • Paul Erdos
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Googolplex
  • Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Leonhard Euler
  • Max Abraham
  • Gertrude Blanch
  • Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)
  • Joseph-Louis Lagrange
  • John Napier
  • Sophie Germain
  • Bertrand Arthur William Russell
  • Benoit Mandelbrot
  • Maurits Cornelius Escher
  • Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville
  • Maria Gaetana Agnesi
  • Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan
  • Zeno of Elea
  • Leonardo da Vinci (Here's another)
  • Ibn Yahya al-Maghribi Al-Samawal

Notes:

• Taking tests in my classes
• Suggestions for the NKU Math/CS student
• A copy of the Student Solutions Manual that accompanies the textbook is available in my office during regular office hours (see the syllabus for those) or by appointment.
• Free tutoring for NKU students is available from the the learning assistance center: call 5475 before problems arise!
• Women in Transition (WIT) supports non-traditional female students, juggling school, work, and family. Call the Women's Center at 572-6497 for more information.
• Feel free to email me with your questions.
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