Math 2000 Assignment 3

Fall 2001

Due Wednesday, September 19

Do not wait until the last minute to start the assignment! It’s best to get an early start and work on it in several steps. Do not hesitate to ask for help before the assignment is due! Office hours are on Mondays and Wednesdays immediately before and after class in Science 132, Tuesdays 11-1:00 in CU 611, or by arrangement. Email also works at wbriggs@math.cudenver.edu.

1. We will finish Units 2A and 2B of the book and then move on to Chapter 3. Please read the important Unit 3A.

3. Please do the following exercises. You must show the use of units clearly!! This is a minimum recommended dose of exercises. Don’t hesitate to work more exercises if you have not mastered the concepts.

Unit 2A: 15d

Unit 2B: 2c, 2g, 4d, 8c

Unit 3A: 4a, 6a, 12, 16

Just For Fun:

Suppose you have two cups in front of you: One holds coffee and one holds milk. You take a teaspoon of milk from the milk cup and stir it into the coffee cup. Next, you take a teaspoon of the mixture in the coffee cup and put it back into the milk cup. After the two transfers, which of the following is true?

• there is more coffee in the milk cup than milk in the coffee cup;
• there is less coffee in the milk cup than milk in the coffee cup; or
• the amount of coffee in the milk cup equals the amount of milk in the coffee cup.