p.286. no 10.- Two hundred draws will be made at random with replacement from the box -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 (a) If the sum of the 200 numbers drawn is 30, what is their average? (b) If the sum of the 200 numbers drawn is –20, what is their average? (c) In general, how can you figure the average of the 200 draws, if you are told their sum? (d) There are two alternatives: (i) Winning $1 if the sum of the 200 numbers drawn is between –5 and +5 6 Winning $1 if the average of the 200 numbers drawn is between –0.025 and +0.025.
The first person to guess correctly wins. After careful consideration, the best method for solving this problem would be to use the process of elimination. The prompt provides you with an adequate amount of information; you just need to make adjustments once new information is unveiled. To begin, Andy draws the question card, “Do you see two or more players whose cards sum to the same value?” He answers, “`yes.” Table 1, below, represents the sum of Belle’s and Carol’s cards. Table Sum of Belle's cards = 3 + 4 + 7 = 14 | Sum of Carol's cards = 4 + 6 + 8 = 18 | Since these have different sums, but Andy sees at least two players whose cards have the same sum, then your cards must add up to either 14 or 18.
If you choose to summarize part 2, you’ll be covering pages 490 – 500 in your Pathways textbook. If you choose to summarize part 3, you’ll be covering pages 506 – 519 in your Pathways textbook. Use the chart below to track each page of your chosen part. List each page number in the blocks on the left column and write your summary for each respective page in the right column. An example has been done for you in the first row of the chart.
Connor Hayes Professor Walker Word Count: 4/23/12 What is mcphee arguing that identity is in a capitalistic society Non-Existent Marvin Gardens In John McPhee's essay, "The Search for Marvin Gardens," he looks for the very expensive board piece of Marvin Gardens in the hopes of gaining the piece to finally beat his opponent. In his essay, McPhee searches for Marvin Gardens having no luck of finding the property. McPhee learns that Marvin Gardens is the only street in Monopoly that does not actually exist in Atlantic City. McPhee personifies the streets in the game of monopoly with giving vivid details about the scenery. Clearly when the game of Monopoly is played by the average person, a person doesn’t think too much about locations on the board.
Representations: If you want to win the game, you should start with an even number. If you want you to lose or get your opponent to lose, start with an odd number. You want to have an odd number land in your spot because the final result to win is odd (1). An odd number can only have odd divisors, so when you subtract it by an odd it will become and even and you will lose. So, to win you must start with an even number.
This can be compared to playing the lotto in that we only hear about the winners so we do not calculate the millions of losers when we decide to play. If we were to see a 30 second clip showing each loser it would take 9 years of our time. We wouldn't assume that it is more common to lose and therefore our odds of winning our slim to none. When it is easier to see the real facts in terms of odds its more likely people would not play. Even though it seems to be tricky estimating odds, trying to estimate value is even worse.
I help him trade, pick, and setup his line up from week to week.. He won the Superbowl of his league last year, after losing the Superbowl the year before! In a league of 16, you better do your homework. Its little pickups that others miss that make or break your season. There is a lot of trash talking within the league.
The organizers of the party want it to be a fun party, and so have assigned a ‘fun’ rating to every employee. The employees are organized into a strict hierarchy, i.e. a tree rooted at the president. There is one restriction, though, on the guest list to the party: an employee and their immediate supervisor (parent in the tree) cannot both attend the party (because that would be no fun at all). Give an algorithm that makes a guest list for the party that maximizes the sum of the ‘fun’ ratings of the guests.
They began to do test on whether or not the microprocessor was flawed. “Using spreadsheet software, the user was able to take the number 4,195,835, multiply it by 3,145,727, and then divide that result by 3,145,727. As we all know from elementary math, when a number is multiplied and then divided by the same number, the result should be the original number. In this example, the result should be 4,195,835. However with the flaw, the result of the calculation was 4,195,579” (Crothers, 1994).
TO: Mr. Berrigan FROM: Joe Dejony DATE: 2/29/12 SUBJECT: Board game memo My idea is a game based on teaching selling, marketing, and business skills, this is a game that can go on for a while. The game would be based on monopoly, here are some of the rules and guidelines for the game: The board is divided into four zones that sell different products, such as clothes, cars, games and accessories, and furniture. These may be modified as per your choice. The goal of the game is to be the first one in possession of four items from each zone. All players start off by rolling the dice, and as they move ahead, they can decide which zone to enter.