Math 231


Lecture Notes
Syllabus
Office hours are 3-5:00 on Monday and Friday or by appointment (please email at least 12 hours in advance).  

Announcements


  • Wednesday 8-27: Homework Due Monday (below), Quiz on Friday 8-29.
  • Friday 8-29: Quiz 1 Answers.
  • Monday 9-1: Turn in homework. Email me for your quiz grade, come to my office for your quiz (both optional). Recall, quiz answer is posted above.
  • Wednesday 9-3: Quiz on Friday covering Bayes' theorem.
  • Friday 9-5: Quiz 2 Answers. Also, don't forget homework for Monday.
  • Monday 9-8: Turn in homework.
  • Wednesday 9-10: No office hours on Friday.
  • Friday 9-12: Quiz 3 Ansers. No office hours.
  • Monday 9-15: Don't forget homework due Wednesday.
  • Friday 9-19: Test review. (Please note the instructions)
  • Monday 9-22: First test.
  • Wednesday 9-24: With the tests, I will return your grades so far for quizzes and homeworks. Here are the answers for test form (a), these questions are similar (although in a different order and some with different numbers) to test form (b), for which I do not plan to post answers.
  • Friday 9-26: Quiz on Monday. Also note the homework due on Wednesday.
  • Monday 9-29: Quiz answers. Don't forget homework for Wednesday.
  • Wednesday 10-1: Homework Due.
  • Monday 10-6: Homework posted (below) for the 20th. Also, there will be a quiz this Wednesday.
  • Wednesday 10-8: Quiz on joint continuous distributions.
  • Wednesday 10-15: Quiz answers. Don't forget homework due Monday the 20th and the test on Friday the 24th.
  • Wednesday 10-22: Review for Test 2.
  • Friday 10-24: Test 2.
  • Wednesday 10-29: Homework posted below. Quiz on Friday.
  • Friday 10-31: Quiz 6.
  • Wednesday 11-5: Homework due.
  • Friday 11-7: Last quiz will be Wednesday 11-12. Last homework (below) is due Wednesday 11-19.
  • Wednesday 11-12: Quiz.
  • Wednesday 11-19: Homework due.
  • Friday 11-21: Review for Test 3.
  • Saturday 11-22: Office hours 9-12:00, 1-4:00.
  • Sunday 11-23: Office hours 9-12:00, 1-5:00.
  • Monday 11-24: Test 3. NO OFFICE HOURS!
  • Wednesday 12-3: Return Test 3. Test 3a, Test 3b, Test 3c.
  • Friday 12-5: Last day of class. Review for final (Updated 12-5 at 4:50 PM).
  • Thursday 12-11: Office hours 9-12:30, 2-4:00. (Note: These times have changed)
  • Friday 12-12: Office hours 9-12:00, 1-4:00.
  • Saturday 12-13: Office hours 9-12:00, 2-6:00. 7:00 PM Final Exam.
  • Tuesday 12-16: Final Exam Answers.
 

Homework


  • For Monday 9-1: Chapter 2: 1-10, 19, 23, 34, 35, 40, 50, 52, 55, 58, 59, 62. Turn in only: 5, 40, 59
  • For Monday 9-8: Chapter 2: 75-77, 85-87, 89-92, 99, 102-104, 114, 116-118, 130-132, 156-159, 172. Turn in only: 114, 130, 172
  • For Wednesday 9-17: Chapter 3: 14-20, 34-36, 39-42, 53-59 odd, 61-63, 79, 84-88, 98-102, 112, 113, 127-131. Turn in only: 20, 42, 102
  • For Wednesday 10-1: Chapter 4: 9, 10, 25-30, 43-53 odd, 65-69, 71, 72, 78-83. Turn in the question (Page 44 in my notes) regarding finding the mean of an exponential distribution along with numbers 28 and 72.
  • For Monday 10-20: Chapter 5: 1, 3-5 (Note: in question 5, change 0.95 to 0.89), 13, 20-25, 33-35, 46-48, 52, 53, Chapter 7: 1-7, 28-33, 35b. Turn in 5.3 (parts f and h), 5.34 and 7.7.
  • For Wednesday 11-5: Chapter 8: 1-3, 6-10, 17, 18, 23-25, 34 (b, c), 39, 41, 46, 47-49, 55-57. For an extra challenge, consider 96. Turn in 23, 41, 55.
  • For Wednesday 11-19: Chapter 9: 5-9, 20-24, 37, 39, 47, 52, 53, 71, 74, 77-79, 86, 88, 93, 110. Turn in 20, 71, 110. The answer for number 39 c is wrong, it should be approximately 0.015778.