Q SCI 190: Quantitative Analysis for Environmental Science

Reading and Homework Assignment One: Weeks One and Two

Read: Chapter P (1-9) and Chapter 1 (1-5)

Work the following problems from your text during weeks 1 and 2:

Exercise Set P.1
Page 17, #11, 19, 21, 33, 37, 41, 43, 59, 63, 73, 81
Page 18, #89, 101, 105, 117, 123, 129
Page 19, #131, 133, 135, 137, 145
Page 20, #151, 153, 155, 157, 159

Exercise Set P.2
Page 30, #15, 35, 47, 69, 83, 95, 111
Page 31, #115, 117, 121, 125, 131
Page 32, #133, 135, 139, 145, 150

Exercise Set P.3
Page 45, #5, 11, 17, 29, 41, 47, 53, 59, 73
Page 46, #79, 83, 93, 103, 109, 113, 116
Page 47, #117, 119, 121, 125, 129, 131, 133
Page 48, #141, 143

Exercise Set P.4
Page 56, #3, 11, 25, 41, 53, 79, 85, 91
Page 57, #97, 103, 109, 111

Exercise Set P.5
Page 68, #5, 15, 19, 33, 43, 53, 59, 71
Page 69, #89, 97, 105, 115, 121, 125
Page 70, #133, 139, 145

Exercise Set P.6
Page 83, #3, 11, 21, 41, 51, 63
Page 84, #77, 81, 91, 93
Page 85, #99, 109, 113, 119, 121

Exercise Set P.7
Page 103, #9, 19, 23, 31, 47, 57, 63, 69
Page 104, #77, 87, 99, 111, 117, 127, 133, 137, 139
Page 105, #141, 143, 145
Page 106, #161, 165, 171

Exercise Set P.8
Page 116, #1, 3
Page 117, #5, 9, 13, 17
Page 118, #27, 29, 33, 35, 39, 41, 47
Page 119, #53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65

Exercise Set P.9
Page 131, #7, 19, 29, 37, 51, 53, 65, 87, 95, 97
Page 132, #103, 107, 109, 113
Page 133, #119, 123, 127, 135, 137
Page 134, #143


Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Heart rate, college tuition, compound interest, body weight, population growth and taxes, film admission prices, rate of USA chicken consumption, how large is $1 trillion, USA elderly polulation, Greek golden rectangles, area and perimeter of a rectangle, median annual income by level of education, computer sale price, volume of rectangular solid, inoculation against flu, daily calorie consumption, American adults who smoke, peroxide blending, percentage of US jobs held by men and women, how you spend your average life expectancy of 78 years, average earnings of US workers by degree, attitudes about attending college, rate of college enrollment growth, sales tax on inn charge, soccer field dimensions, path width around swimming pool, width of garden border, tree height, traverse distance across field, average velocity of car, bus and bike, baseball batting average, college freshman attitudes over time, computer price reduction, boundary distance of a piece of land, age difference between a man and woman, dividing a will among two parties, relationship among components of love over time, interfaith marriage in the USA, price of two texting plans, maximum elevator capacity, toll bridge fees


Exercise Set 1.1
Page 150, #3, 13, 23, 29, 33, 35, 39
Page 151, #49, 51, 55, 57
Page 152, #61, 69, 73, 77, 81
Page 153, #85, 89

Exercise Set 1.2
Page 168, #3, 5, 15, 19, 31, 41, 53
Page 169, #57, 59, 67, 75, 79
Page 170, #89, 93, 99
Page 171, #101, 103
Page 172, #107, 111, 119, 125, 129

Exercise Set 1.3
Page 182, #3, 11, 15
Page 183, #17, 19, 21, 29, 31
Page 184, #35, 37, 45
Page 185, #57, 79, 81, 85, 89
Page 186, #91, 93, 97, 103
Page 187, #117, 123

Exercise Set 1.4
Page 199, #3, 15, 29, 41, 55, 59, 69, 73, 77, 85
Page 200, #87, 89
Page 201, #91, 95
Page 202, #105, 107, 111, 113, 119

Exercise Set 1.5
Page 211, #3
Page 212, #7, 11, 15, 23, 27
Page 213, #29, 31, 35, 37, 43, 47


Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Alcohol and marijuana use by HS seniors, average night awakenings by gender and age, age of sexual concent by country, median income for women as percent of men's earnings, rate of commuting time, adult body fat, Federal income tax rates, cost of mailing a 1st class letter, percentage of USA population never married, American life expectancy by year of birth, adult femaile literacy and child mortality, percentage of spending on food vs health care in USA, rate of discharge of gay service members


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