Math 132 Summer 2009 Section 210

Course Syllabus

Here is the link to our class group on facebook, Finite Math Online Class.  Use this for access to

• Chat capability to use with live streamed office hours: Audio  Video
• Periodic broadcasts from yours truly.
• A more accessible discussion board.
• Useful links to concept demos.

• Chapter 6
• Lecture for 6.1. (13.5 min)
• Introduction to Sets

• Lecture for 6.2 (18 min),(15.5 min)
• Set Operations and Venn Diagrams
• Venn Diagrams and Data

• Lecture for 6.3 (19 min)
• The Multiplication Principle

• Lecture for 6.4 and 6.5 (29 min)
• Combinations and Permutations

• Lecture for 6.6
• The Binomial Theorem: Beware! I made this one...
• Good link via TheMathPage
• Problem Solving Lectures for Chapter 6 (17.5 min), (15 min)
• Basic Probs
• More Advanced Probs    

• Handouts: Presented in context in my Ppt. Presentation of Ch.6
• Venn Diagram Supplement
• Multiplcation Principle Supplement
  
• Permutations vs. Combinations
• Combinations
  

• Chapter 7
• Lecture for 7.1. (17.5 min)
• Sample Space and Events

• Lecture for 7.2 (29 min)
• Properties of Probability

• Lecture for 7.3 (43 min)
• Probability Using Counting Techniques

• Lecture for 7.4 (42 min)
• Conditional Probability   

• Lecture for 7.5: Skip; contained within 8.2 Lecture 
• Handouts

• Probability Intro
• Probability Compliments
• Conditional Probability
  

• Useful practice
• Conditional Probability
• Diagnostic Testing

• Chapter 8
• Lecture for 8.1. (22 min)
• Baye's Theorem
• Bonus Lecture from me on Baye's Theorem
  

• Lecture for 8.2 (40 min)
• Binomial Probability

• Lecture for 8.3 (17 min)
• Expected Values
  

• Handouts 
• Bayes Theorem
• Diagnostic Testing
  

• Chapter 3
• Lecture for 3.1 (16 min)
• Graphing Linear Inequalities

• Lecture for 3.2 (19 min), (24 min)
• Setting Up Linear Programming Problems
• Solving Linear Programming Problems Graphically

• Problem Solving Lectures for Chapter 3 (7 min), (14 min)
• Chess Example
• More Examples    

• Chapter 2
• Lecture for 2.1 and 2.2.  (31 min), (3.5 min)
• Systems of Equations and the Matrix Method
• Summary of allowed row operations
  

• Lecture for 2.3 and 2.4 (10 min)
• Dimensions of a Matrix, Addition and Subtraction of matrices, Matrix Algebra

• Lecture for 2.3 (12 min)
• Multiplying Matrices

• Lecture for 2.6 (18 min), (6.5 min)
• Inverse of a Matrix
• Why this works
  

• Problem Solving Lectures for Chapter 2, (2.5 min), (2.5 min)
• Good Example
• Inverse of a matrix with a variable entry    

• Chapter 4
• Lecture for 4.1. (13.5 min)
• The Initial Simplex Tableau and Pivoting

• Lecture for 4.2. (21.5 min), (20 min)
• The Simplex Method for Maximum Problems
• More Examples

• Lecture for 6.3
• The Simplex Method for Minimum Problems

1. Watch the movie(s) for that section.
2. Scan over the corresponding section of the text looking for relevant material and worked examples.
3. Work the book homework on your own.  After finishing, check your answers with my online solutions.
4. For problems that stump you, read the book more carefully and look for relevant examples before looking at the solution.
5. See if the online homework is available.  This will be treated more like quizzes than hw.  Attempt the quiz.
6. If you're totally stuck on any question, post it on the discussion board for help from me and your classmates.
7. Compile a list of questions that were difficult, confusing, or interesting to you.  Tune into my live Q&A web-streamed office hour sessions and ask me the question via chat.  
8. If you are especially motivated and are still hungry for more or if you are having a lot of difficulty, maybe some one-on-one with me or a tutor will help. You can arrange a one-on-one with me in two ways:  in person, by arranging an appointment with me at UNLV in my office; or online via a webcam phone call, also to be made by appointment.  I have both an AIM account and a Windows Live Messenger account for that purpose.  If you think a tutor would help, UNLV has tutors M-F in my office building, CDC Bld 7.  Please understand that I am not a tutor; you should approach me having already attempted to understand completely the material given the resources provided.  A tutor's job is more or less to help you through steps 1-7.  My job is to help you once you have worked through steps 1-7 and still possess lingering issues.   

Your main criteria for whether you're learning what you need to is very simple: If you can do the online hw and get most of it correct, you're in great shape. Many of the problems you see on the tests will be at about that level (and probably a little easier).

Quicktime Trouble Shooting

Question: When I click on the link for a movie nothing happens or I get an error saying that Windows Media Player cannot open the file. What should I do?

Answer: This probably means that you do not have Quicktime installed - even if you think you do. If you are using Windows, please try the steps below. (Note: If you are on a Mac it is highly unlikely that you will
have this issue, but if you do please contact Dr. Page or Jenn for assistance.)

1. Follow the link to Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/) and choose "download".
2. Under the section for the *free player* select your operating system and enter any other required information. Click the button to download. Choose to place the downloaded file (which will be called
   something like QuicktimeInstaller.exe on your desktop so that you can find it easily for the next step). This download is for the INSTALLER - not the program itself. You still have more steps to complete in order to install the program. If you stop now the program will not operate properly (this is usually where students have gone wrong if they think they have installed the program but it is still not working). This download takes only a few seconds.
3. Go to your desktop and find the file you just downloaded. Click on it. You will be walked through the steps to install the program. This part takes a few minutes to complete. Restart your computer if it suggests that you should.
4. Go to the course page and click a movie link to verify that it nowworks.
5. If everything is working properly you may remove the .exe file from your desktop as it is no longer necessary.