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Tussy and Gustafson - Basic Mathematics 3/e (Homework)

Chris Read

Mathematics and Sciences, section 1, Fall 2010

Instructor: Mr. Cengage

Current Score: 0/15

Due: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 11:00 PM EDT

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Description

Create your course assignments by selecting questions from our bank of 1500 end-of-section exercises, as well as enhanced interactive examples with videos.

While doing their homework, students can link to the relevant interactive examples from the book and work through them again and again for additional practice before answering the question.

Students can view and hear additional instruction through the 2-5 minute Watch It links. Students will also find helpful links to online excerpts from their textbook, online-live help, tutorials, and videos.

Read It - relevant textbook pages

Watch It - videos of worked examples

Practice It - interactive examples

Master It - tutorials

Chat About It - online, live help

In this assignment we present several textbook question types found in Chapter 4 on decimals in Basic Mathematics for College Students 3/e by Alan S. Tussy and R. David Gustafson published by Brooks/Cole.

Question 1 is a Vocabulary exercise, with a links to the appropriate section of the book and an online tutor chat room.

Question 2 is a Concept numerical question with links to the appropriate section of the book and an online tutor chat room.

Question 3 and 4 are Practice exercises with links to a video explanation, a practice application, a Master It application that allows you to try several similar problems or see the solutions step by step, as well as the online book and an online tutor chat room.

Question 5 and 6 are Application word problems with a figure from the textbook and links to the book, Master It, and the chat room.

Question 7 is a Writing exercise with links to the book and the chat room.

Question 8 is an enhanced interactive Example which helps guide the student through the process needed to master the concept.


Instructions

This demo assignment allows many submissions and allows you to try another version of the same question for practice.



1. –/1 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.1.002.
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Vocabulary We can show the value represented by each digit of the decimal 98.6123 by using notation.
98.6213 = 90 + 8 + 6/10 + 2/100 + 1/(1,000) + 3/(10,000)

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2. –/4 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.1.010.
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Concepts Write each fraction as a decimal.
(a) 9/10
Enter an exact number.


(b) 88/100
Enter an exact number.


(c) 491/1000
Enter an exact number.


(d) 31/10000
Enter an exact number.

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3. –/1 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.2.048.
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Practice Evaluate the expression. Remember to perform any calculations within grouping symbols first.
-76 - (0.035 - 0.088)
Enter an exact number.

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4. –/1 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.5.042.
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Practice Write the fraction in decimal form. Round to the nearest hundredth.
21/22
Enter a number.

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5. –/2 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.1.056.
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Applications The laser used in laser vision correction is so precise that each pulse can remove 39 millionths of each inch of tissue in 12 billionths of a second. Write each of these numbers as a decimal.
Enter an exact number.
in.
Enter an exact number.
sec

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6. –/1 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.6.075.
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Applications The picture screen on a television set is measured diagonally. What size screen is shown?
Enter a number.
inch


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7. –/1 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.6.078.
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Writing Explain the difference between the square and the square root of a number.

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8. –/4 points Notes Question: TGBasMath3 4.6.E05.
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EXAMPLE 5 Evaluate:
(a) sqrt(25/64)

(b) √0.81
Solution (a) sqrt(25/64)=5/8 because (5/8)2 = 25/
Enter an exact number.
.

(b) √0.81 = 0.9 because (
Enter an exact number.
)2 = 0.81.
Self Check Evaluate:
(a) sqrt(196/289)


(b) √2.56
Enter a number.

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