Mathematics 105Q      Mathematics for Business & Economics
Readings and Homework / Spring 2007

Text: Finite Mathematics and Its Applications, Custom edition, by Goldstein et al; Prentice-Hall, 2006

Section

Topic

Starting page / exercise numbers

10.1

Simple and Compound Interest

p. 493/1,3,9,11,15,25,31,43

10.2

Future Value of an Annuity. Savings

p. 503/1,3,7,9

10.3

Present Value of an Annuity. Loans

p. 512/1,5,7,9,13,15

1.1

Coordinate Systems & Lines

p. 8/19,22,23,31,37

1.2

Linear Inequalities. Systems

p.18/7,9,11,27,41,43,54

1.3

Intersection of Two Lines. Supply and Demand

p.24/1,3,13,14,23,25

1.4

Slope. Revenue and Cost

p.34/1-5,11,28,31,41,79

1.5

Lines of Best Fit

p.46/1,3,5,9,11,17

2.1

Systems of Linear Equations

p.67/1,3,5,23,27,49

2.2

Systems, continued

p.76/1,3,9,13,15,19

2.3 

Matrix Arithmetic

p.88/7,8,11,17,19,25,31,39,55

2.4 

Matrix Inverses

p.101/1,3,11,17,19

2.5 

Finding an Inverse by Gauss-Jordan  

p.107/5,7,9,13

2.6 

Input-Output Analysis 

p.113/1-4,11

3.1 

Linear Programming - Formulation

p.128/5,9

3.2 

Linear Programming - Geometry

p.138/2,7,21,22,31

4.1 

Slack Variables. Simplex Tableaux

p.167/1,3,11,15,19

4.2

Simplex Method: Maximization

p.177/1,9,16

5.1 

Sets

p.218/1,9,41,44,46,47

5.2

Counting: The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle

p.224/1,9,12,15,18,27,50

5.3 

Counting: Venn Diagrams

p.230/13,22,23,41,48

5.4 

Counting: The Multiplication Principle 

p.236/1-5,8,11,17,25,35

5.5

Permutations and Combinations

p.243/1,3,5,8,21,24,25,32,41,60,66

5.6

Counting Sequences and Paths. Sampling

p.250/1,3,4,23,31

6.1, 6.2

Sample Spaces and Events

p.282/1,3,6,11,27

6.3

Discrete Probability Distributions. Odds

p.293/1,3,5,7,10,13,15-17

6.4 

Equal Likelihood Probabilities

p.300/4,5,7,8,16,19,20,29,30,54

6.5 

Conditional Probability. Independence

p.312/8,11,15,21,22,32,39ab

6.6 

Probability Tree Diagrams

p.321/9,13,15,18,24

6.7

Bayes’ Theorem 

p.327/1,2,7,19

7.3

Repeated Bernoulli Trials 

p.369/1-4,9,17