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Math for Liberal Arts

Online notes for Math 15, Math for Liberal Arts taught in the Fall 2016 semester at Laney College by Prof. Hubbard.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Notes for May 9 and 11


The metric system and the customary system.
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Notes for Homework due May 9


Frequency tables: mean and mode

Frequency tables: five number summary

Probability of making r shots out of n attempts.

The Birthday Problem.
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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Notes for homework due May 1


Notes on Five Number Summary and the method of finding outliers.

Normally distributed sets: z-scores associated with proportions and vice versa.

The last part of the homework wasn't covered in class, but it will be discussed on Monday.

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