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MAT 172 – Week 5 Homework Hints
Most of you did very well on this week’s homework. The only issues that came up were on the last two problems in the Section 2.5 Homework. On number 6, you were given a system and asked to solve it … Continue reading
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MAT 172: Writing Your Technical Memo for Project 1
You should now be thinking about writing the technical memo for Project 1. To help you, I posted a sample technical memo several weeks ago. Below you’ll find that memo with the feedback I left for the student who submitted … Continue reading
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MAT 172: Week 4 Homework Hints
Rarely do I see a class complete a homework assignment perfectly…nobody who completed the homework from section 2.3 missed any problems. BRAVO. However, section 2.2 is a different matter. Because there is so many steps and details to take care … Continue reading
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MAT 172: Week 3 Homework Hints
In looking over the homework from Section 1.3, it looks as though some of you did not see my suggestion to use Excel or your graphing calculator to do linear regression. These videos and handout show how to make a … Continue reading
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MAT 172: Finding Your Equations
The goal of the first tech assignment in Finite Math is to get you to create a Word document with you system of equations for Project 1. This document only need to include your information, the equations, and a description … Continue reading
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MAT 172: Week 2 Homework
Most of you had no problems on the homework from Sections 1.1 and 1.2. But there are a few things I would like to point out. On Section 1.1, a number of you had trouble finding the equation of a … Continue reading
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What Is a Technical Memo?
We have made it through about 2 weeks of the semester and a tech assignment…is there a nagging thought that there must be more to doing projects instead of exams? It can’t all be homework, quizzes, technology assignments, and brown … Continue reading
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What Are Technology Assignments? Projects?
I have been getting a steady stream of emails revealing some confusion over projects versus technology assignments. Let’s start with Projects. A project is an involved problem which you have 4 to 5 weeks to solve. You’ll find your first … Continue reading
Study Groups?
A number of students have expressed interest in forming study groups. These groups could meet during my office hours in Bldg 4 for easy access to me. I already have a request for a study group in MAT 172 on Tuesdays. … Continue reading
Using the Dropbox
For the first technology assignment, you must submit a document (specified in the handout of the assignment) by this coming Thursday (1/26) for MAT 152 and Thursday, 2/2 for MAT 172 and 212. This is done using the Dropbox feature … Continue reading
