Q SCI 190: Quantitative Analysis for Environmental Science

Reading and Homework Assignment Five: Weeks Nine and Ten

Read: Chapter 8 (1-5) and Chapter 10 (1-3)

Work the following problems from your text during weeks 9 and 10:

Exercise Set 8.1
Page 859, #5, 11, 15, 23
Page 860, #35, 41, 45
Page 861, #47, 49, 51
Page 862, #61, 65, 69

Exercise Set 8.2
Page 869, #3, 11, 25
Page 870, #33, 35
Page 871, #37, 41, 47

Exercise Set 8.3
Page 884, #3, 7, 11, 23, 29
Page 885, #35, 41, 45, 51, 53
Page 886, #61, 63, 67
Page 887, #77, 85

Exercise Set 8.4
Page 899, #5, 11, 15, 21, 29, 35
Page 900, #39, 45, 47, 51, 57, 61
Page 901, #81, 83, 93

Exercise Set 8.5
Page 912, #3, 15, 27, 33
Page 913, #43, 49, 51, 59
Page 914, #67, 77

Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Position of thrown ball after t seconds, blending food ingredients to me nutritional standards, characteristics of Earth's population, composition of diet, digital photography using matrices, using matrices to code letters using the rectangular coordinate system, percentage of Americans aged 20-30 completing transition to adulthood, calculating course grades using matrices, coding and decoding cryptograms


Exercise Set 10.1
Page 1010, #3, 9, 15, 19, 25, 33, 45
Page 1011, #57, 61, 69
Page 1012, #71, 77, 93, 95
Page 1013, #99, 103

Exercise Set 10.2
Page 1020, #5, 13, 19, 25, 37
Page 1021, #45, 47, 53, 59, 61
Page 1022, #65, 69, 73, 81, 87

Exercise Set 10.3
Page 1035, #3, 11, 21, 27, 33
Page 1036, #39, 47, 53, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69
Page 1037, #73, 77, 79, 83
Page 1038, #85, 91, 95, 101, 105
Page 1039, #113


Application Exercises included in this Chapter:

Number of autism cases diagnosed in the US per year, value of an investment after n years, educational attainment for Americans aged 25 and older, cost of tuition and fees at 4-year colleges, breakeven point between two competing job offers, value of increasing deposit after n days, value of a salary contract after n years, population estimates for California, salary level after n years of salary increases, rate of savings needed for a college education, saving into an IRA for retirement, lump sum vs. periodic deposits, determining the total economic impact in a town


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