Q SCI 190: Quantitative Analysis for Environmental Science

Reading and Homework Assignment Two: Weeks Three and Four

Read: Chapter 1 (6-10) and Chapter 2 (1-8)

Work the following problems from your text during weeks 3 and 4:

Exercise Set 1.6
Page 227, #11, 27, 39
Page 228, #49, 61, 75, 87, 101, 115, 119, 125, 127
Page 229, #133, 137
Page 230, #141, 145, 153

Exercise Set 1.7
Page 242, #5, 21, 33
Page 243, #55, 69, 77, 83, 91
Page 244, #97, 101, 103
Page 245, #111, 115, 121

Exercise Set 1.8
Page 254, #5, 15, 31, 33, 37, 41, 53
Page 255, #61, 65, 67, 69
Page 256, #73, 87, 89, 93, 101

Exercise Set 1.9
Page 264, #5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 67
Page 265, #73, 77, 87
Page 266, #93, 97, 99

Exercise Set 1.10
Page 276, #3, 5, 7
Page 277, #9, 13, 21
Page 278, #29, 35
Page 279, #45
Page 280, #53, 63
Page 281, #69


Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Boy's height vs. age, rate of change of USA population, computer pricing, preferred age difference of a mate, probability of two people sharing same birthday, C to F temperature conversion, using standard equation of a circle to measure distance from earthquake center, rate of performance increase in times for mile, discount pass for bus, finding best plan for membership to a discount warehouse, football ticket prices, lemon tree yields, fencing need to enclose field, building cost of interior walls in rectangular building, rate of interest on investment, length of cable to connect two poles, pricing a monthly text message plan, computing the area of a Norman window


Exercise Set 2.1
Page 298, #3, 13, 25, 31, 41, 47, 53
Page 299, #63, 65, 71, 73, 75, 79, 83, 85

Exercise Set 2.2
Page 313, #3, 5, 11, 25, 41
Page 314, #47, 49, 55, 57
Page 315, #67, 75, 79
Page 316, #93, 97, 103
Page 317, #107

Exercise Set 2.3
Page 330, #5, 11, 17, 23
Page 331, #27, 37, 43, 65
Page 332, #73, 75
Page 333, #81, 85, 101, 105
Page 334, #111

Exercise Set 2.4
Page 343, #5
Page 344, #21, 35, 43, 47, 51
Page 345, #55, 59
Page 346, #69, 73, 79

Exercise Set 2.5
Page 356, #5
Page 357, #9, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53
Page 358, #61, 67
Page 359, #83, 87, 93
Page 360, #99

Exercise Set 2.6
Page 377, #3, 11, 15, 25
Page 378, #39, 47, 63, 83, 91, 95
Page 379, #101, 103
Page 380, #107, 109, 117
Page 381, #127, 131, 139

Exercise Set 2.7
Page 391, #7, 35, 49, 61, 69, 73
Page 392, #77, 81
Page 393, #95, 101, 111

Exercise Set 2.8
Page 401, #3, 13
Page 402, #21, 25, 31 Page 403, #33, 35, 37, 43, 49, 53
Page 404, #59


Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Famous mathematical problem involving imaginary unit i, shot put horizontal distance as a function of height of throw, fencing required to enclose a field, yield of walnuts, linear vs. quadratic for describing path of a kicked football, model of world tiger population, heart rate prior to and after a panic attack, tax revenues under supply-side economics, possible dimensions of carryon luggage, pH level of mouth after eating sugar, incidence ratio for lung cancer among smokers, federal budget outlays for human resources, average velocity when combing hiking and driving, stopping distances as a function of speed, alligator tail length as a function of body weight, body weight as a function of height, body mass index, heat loss of glass windows, sound intensity as a function of distance from sound, rate of phone calls between two cities


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