Instructor: Koffi Fadimba
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                  Office: Tyler 209: Phone: 874-4186
                  Hours(in Kingston): Mon, Wed. 11:00-11:50; Wed.,  3:00-4:00;  also by appointment.

Text: Johnson/Mowry, Mathematics A Practical Odyssey, ITP, Fourth Edition

Introduction: The title of this course derives from the fact that we will generally be studying sets with finite number of elements. The focus is on combinatorics and probability as applied to situations arising in everyday life. This course is one of two designed to satisfy the math requirement for liberal arts-type majors; students are assumed only to have an understanding of arithmetic and a smattering of algebra. For many students, this may be the only math course taken here at U.R.I. It is my hope that
students find the course interesting and useful. We will be covering Chapters 2 and 3, Chapter 4 through section 4.5, and, time permitting, a few sections from Chapters 5 and 7.

Grading: There will be four components to your grade: two tests(20% each), quizzes and classwork(25%), and the final exam(35%).

Tests: There will be two one-hour tests, scheduled: 3/4 and 4/8

Final: TBA. About half of the material on the final will come from sections not covered on the two tests. The final will be designed to take no more than two hours.

Quizzes: These will be given each class unless there is a test scheduled. I will drop the lowest two.

It is very important that you attempt to do all the suggested problems as homework, though I will not collect them.  An important purpose of the problems is to make you think through and master the ideas of the subject so that you can confidently apply your knowledge in new situations. You will learn a great deal from honest hard work on a problem, even if you don't succeed in solving it. Then when you ask me about it in class the solution may seem obvious. Read the text material before working on the problems.

We will be working on many homework problems in class.

The use of calculators is strongly recommended, especially for Chapters 4 and 5. Any scientific calculator with basic statistics functions will do.
 

Extra Help: You may make an appointment with me if possible. There is also free tutoring available at CCE.
 

 Suggested Homework Problems
 

2.1	7, 11, 23, 28, 31, 41, 51
2.2	4, 5, 7, 11, 15, 35
2.3	1, 4, 5, 11, 17, 49
2.4	5, 11, 19, 20, 25, 33, 35
2.5	7, 11, 14, 19
3.1	7, 10, 15, 23
3.2	7, 11, 19, 23, 31, 35, 47, 53
3.3	6, 11, 23, 31, 41, 49, 53, 61
3.4	5, 7, 9, 19, 25
3.5	5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 29, 33
3.6	5, 7, 13, 19, 31
4.1	5, 7, 11, 19
4.2	5, 7, 11, 14, 19, 23
4.3	3, 7, 14, 15
4.4	5, 7, 11, 15, 19
4.5	1, 5, 7, 11, 19
5.1	3, 8, 9, 17, 22
5.2	2, 8, 12, 13, 34
7.0	23, 31, 35, 41
7.1	1, 7, 19
7.2	5, 7, 15, 31, 49