The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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ISBN: 9781118156599
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 8.2, Problem 48MS
Probability beans. The jellybean jar on your math instructor’s desk has 60 jellybeans in it — each jellybean is red, yellow, or green. There are twice as many red jellybeans as yellow ones, and four fewer green ones than yellow ones. If you pick a jellybean at random, what’s the probability you get a yellow one?
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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
Ch. 8.1 - Doors galore. The 21st-century version of Lets...Ch. 8.1 - Birthday surprise. How many people would you need...Ch. 8.1 - Opposite of heads. Suppose you flip a coin 100...Ch. 8.1 - Penny percent. Suppose you flip a penny 50 times,...Ch. 8.1 - Party time. At a nephews party, you decide to...Ch. 8.1 - Flipping Lincoln. Flip a penny 100 times and...Ch. 8.1 - Flashing cards. Shuffle a standard deck of 52...Ch. 8.1 - King for a day. Remove three cards from a deck of...Ch. 8.1 - A card deal stick. Remove three cards from a deck...Ch. 8.1 - A card deal switch. Remove three cards from a deck...
Ch. 8.1 - A card reunion—black first (S). Using a shuffled...Ch. 8.1 - A card reunion (H). Using a shuffled deck of...Ch. 8.1 - Prob. 14MSCh. 8.1 - Prob. 15MSCh. 8.1 - Personal perspectives. Write a short essay...Ch. 8.1 - With a group of folks. In a small group, discuss...Ch. 8.1 - One Grecian urn. A large urn in your kitchen is...Ch. 8.1 - Two Grecian urns. Your math instructor keeps two...Ch. 8.1 - Pennies from heaven (H). Residents of your...Ch. 8.1 - Dating Penny. The pennies described in the...Ch. 8.1 - Changing your pants. You have 20 coins in your...Ch. 8.2 - Black or white? Your friend chooses his sartorial...Ch. 8.2 - Eleven cents. You have a dime and a penny. Flip...Ch. 8.2 - Yummm. You have a small bag of candy-coated...Ch. 8.2 - Rubber duckies. A game at a carnival has 75 rubber...Ch. 8.2 - Legally large. What does the Law of Large Numbers...Ch. 8.2 - Lincoln takes a hit. On your wall is a poster...Ch. 8.2 - Giving orders. 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Ask two friends to help you repeat...Ch. 8.3 - DeceptIve dice (ExH). You asked three friends to...Ch. 8.3 - Murphys Law. If something can go wrong, it will....Ch. 8.3 - Drop the needle. Try Buffons needle experiment by...Ch. 8.3 - IBM again (H). Suppose we try the IBM...Ch. 8.3 - The dart index. Take a page of stock quotes from a...Ch. 8.3 - Random walks. Using a piece of graph paper, a...Ch. 8.3 - Random guesses (S). A multiple-choice test has 100...Ch. 8.3 - Random dates. There is a room filled with exotic...Ch. 8.3 - Random phones (H). Suppose you roll a 10-sided die...Ch. 8.3 - Fourever (ExH). Suppose you roll a die repeatedly,...Ch. 8.3 - Pick a number, revisited. In Mindscape 6, did you...Ch. 8.3 - Good start (H). Suppose the monkey is typing using...Ch. 8.3 - Even moves. Suppose you embark on a random walk on...Ch. 8.3 - Playing the numbers. Here is a numbers game. You...Ch. 8.3 - Random results. Someone looks at a list of 10,000...Ch. 8.3 - Monkey names. 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During a practice game, your...Ch. 8.4 - Have a heart. If you draw a card from a regular...Ch. 8.4 - Have a head. You ffip a coin 10 times. What is the...Ch. 8.4 - Sunny surprise. Suppose the chances are 1 in 2...Ch. 8.4 - Elephant ears. Suppose a quarter of all the...Ch. 8.4 - Little deal. In how many ways can you select three...Ch. 8.4 - The gym lock. A lock has a disk with 36 numbers...Ch. 8.4 - The dorm door. A dormitory has an electronic lock....Ch. 8.4 - 28 cents. How many different ways can you make 28...Ch. 8.4 - 82 cents. How many different ways can you make 82...Ch. 8.4 - Number please. Someone you really wanted to go out...Ch. 8.4 - Dealing with jack. Suppose you deal three cards...Ch. 8.4 - MA Lotto (H). To win the jackpot of the...Ch. 8.4 - NY Lotto (H). To win the jackpot of the New York...Ch. 8.4 - OR Lotto. To win the jackpot of the Oregon lottery...Ch. 8.4 - Burger King (S). You take a summer job making...Ch. 8.4 - More burgers. 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A burglar wishes to break into a car...Ch. 8.4 - Coins count. On your bureau you have a half...Ch. 8.4 - Math mania. There are 90 students enrolled in Math...Ch. 8.4 - Party on. You want to throw a party and can invite...Ch. 8.4 - No dice (H). You roll a pair of dice 24 times....Ch. 8.4 - Three angles. Draw 10 points on a piece of paper...Ch. 8.4 - Four parties (ExH). You want to have a party and...Ch. 8.4 - Making the cut. In 1988, the ignition keys for...Ch. 8.4 - Parental pride. The number of pictures you have of...Ch. 8.4 - Sister, Sister. The number of students in a...Ch. 8.4 - In search of a cubic. This section explains that...Ch. 8.4 - Cancellation! (H) This section explains that the...Ch. 8.4 - Keep on cancellin! Building on the previous...Ch. 8.5 - No pop quizzes. Your instructor gives mom quizzes...Ch. 8.5 - No easy quizzes (S). Your instructor starts giving...Ch. 8.5 - Silly sickness. Based on your symptoms, your...Ch. 8.5 - Making an algebra-down. Consider the equation...Ch. 8.5 - A beautiful mind. Who was John Nash? Give as many...Ch. 8.5 - Upon further study. On your instructor quizzes,...Ch. 8.5 - Power pass (ExH). The matrix below gives the yards...Ch. 8.5 - Pass with a p. Suppose the defense referred to in...Ch. 8.5 - Random run. Suppose now in Mindscape 7 the defense...Ch. 8.5 - Another random nm. Suppose now the defense...Ch. 8.5 - Lining up the defense (S). Using the payoff matrix...Ch. 8.5 - De-lines of defense. Using the payoff matrix in...Ch. 8.5 - Approximate Nash (ExH). Take the two lines from...Ch. 8.5 - Precise Nash. Use your answers to Mindscapes 8 and...Ch. 8.5 - Positive payoof (H). Below is a payoff matrix for...Ch. 8.5 - Estimating the equilibrium. Estimate the...Ch. 8.5 - Exacting the equilibrium. Find equations for the...Ch. 8.5 - Payoffs need not be positive. Heres a payoff...Ch. 8.5 - Negative equilibrium. Find equations for the two...Ch. 8.5 - Making negative sense. In what kind of game or...Ch. 8.5 - Colin and Tubbes. When first grader Cohn comes...Ch. 8.5 - Cohn and Tubbes 50—50. Suppose in Mindscape 21...Ch. 8.5 - Averaging Cohn and Tubbes. Suppose p is the...Ch. 8.5 - Colin and Tubbes line up (ExH). Referring to...Ch. 8.5 - Colin and Tubbes with a dash of Nash (S). Find the...Ch. 8.5 - Diagnosis. Based on your symptoms, your doctor...Ch. 8.5 - Sploosh test (H). Given the scenario in the...Ch. 8.5 - Diagnose the data. Using the data from the...Ch. 8.5 - My theory ... You are a paleontologist who finds...Ch. 8.5 - Going stag. Two Englishmen, Neville and Winston,...Ch. 8.5 - Selling sweets. Two snack cake companies, Snacky...Ch. 8.5 - Prisoners dilemma. Two people are suspected of...Ch. 8.5 - Match point. Find the coordinates (p,y) where the...Ch. 8.5 - Match lines. Find an equation for the line passing...Ch. 8.5 - Unmatched slopes. Two lines intersect at the point...Ch. 8.5 - Plotting percentages. Of the students in your...Ch. 8.5 - Itching for x (H). You go to the Health Center...
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