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MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 1 Discussion

Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. The host then says to you, “Do you want to pick door No. 2 instead of door No. 1?” Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?  Use what you have learned about probability so far to defend your choice.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 2 Discussion

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Experimental Probability (Links to an external site.)

What is the theoretical probability of rolling a fair die and obtaining a 1?  If you roll a fair die 6 times, how many times would you expect, theoretically, of obtaining a 1?  What if you performed an experiment and rolled the die 6 times. Will you definitely obtain your theoretical answer? Why is experimental probability often different than theoretical probability?  What do you think you should expect if you increase the number of trials, that is, rolls of the die?  Why?

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 3 Discussion

You and a friend are playing a game with a pair of six-sided dice.  To determine a winner, you each roll the dice and total them.  Your friend wins if the total is 5, 6, 7, or 8.  You win if the total is 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12.  Is this game fair?  Why or why not?  Use what you have learned about probability so far to defend your choice.  

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 4 Discussion

If you were given a large data set, such as the sales over the last year of Amazon’s top 100 customers, what might you be able to do with these data? What might be the benefits of describing the data?  How would you display the data?

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 5 Discussion

Describe a data set where the mean would be the most appropriate measure of center.  Describe a data set where the mean is not the most appropriate measure of center.  What measure of center should be used and why?

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 6 Discussion

Assume that a population is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Would it be unusual for the mean of a sample of 3 to be 115 or more? Why or why not?  Justify your answer.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 7 Discussion

A kidney stone treatment study found that treatment A had 81 out of 87 successful trials in small stone treatments and 234 out of 270 successful trials in large stone treatments. Treatment B had 234 out of 270 successful trials in small stone treatments and 55 out of 80 trials successful in large stone treatments. Overall which treatment had a better success rate and why?

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 9 Discussion

The parabola is a shape found in nature as well as used in architecture.   Find examples of parabolas, man-made or naturally forming, in the world around you.  If possible, provide a picture along with a description of the image.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 10 Discussion

Use the Internet to research parabolic devices in use today.  List those that you are familiar with or any that you use.  How have these devices made your life easier?

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 11 Discussion

Find a real-life example of exponential growth or decay.  Describe the growth or decay and make predictions of where the growth or decay could be 50 years from now.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 12 Discussion

1. Create a compound interest word problem, using this formula A=P(1+r/n)^(nt) or this formula A=Pe^(rt). Set up the word problem, clearly defining the known and unknown values using complete sentences. Do not solve your problem! Do this by Wednesday at 11:59 pm EST.

 

2. Solve another student's problem. Select a problem that no one else has solved yet.  Solve it by explaining all of your work by Friday at 11:59 pm EST.

3. Check your own problem and provide feedback or show the correct method and solution by Sunday at 11:59 pm EST.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 13 Discussion

Explain the relationship between the graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions.  Refer to the online resources to help form your response.

 

MAT205 Intro Survey of Mathematics

Week 14 Discussion

Discuss the beauty of mathematics.  What part of mathematics touches your heart, soul, or mind?  Where have you seen mathematics naturally in the world around you?