MATH 150 Schedule for Fall 1997

Date	Section	Lecture Material
8/25	1.1	Straight lines
8/27	1.2	Parallel lines, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines
8/29	1.3	Some business applications
9/ 1		NO CLASS
9/ 3	2.1	Solving system of linear equations by substitution and elimination
9/ 5	2.2	Solving system of linear equations by Gauss-Jordan method
9/ 8	2.3	More on Gauss-Jordan method
9/10	2.4-2.6	Matrix algebra; multiplication and inverse of matrices
9/12	2.6-2.7	More on matrix algebra, applications
9/15	2.7	Applications
9/17		Review Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
9/18	(Thurs.Eve.)	TEST I (6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
9/19		NO CLASS
9/22	3.1-3.2	Linear inequalities; a geometric approach to linear programming
9/24	3.2	More on linear programming problems
9/26	4.1-4.2	The Simplex Method for solving maximum linear programming problems in standard form
9/29	4.2	More on Simplex Method
10/ 1	4.3	The Dual Method for solving minimum linear programming problems in standard form
10/ 3	4.3	More on the Dual Method
10/ 6	4.4	The Simplex Method with mixed constraints
10/ 8	6.1	Sets; basic set operations and properties
10/10	6.2-6.3	Counting principles and permutations
10/13		Review Chapter 3 & Chapter 4
10/14	(Tues.Eve.)	TEST II (6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
10/15		NO CLASS
10/17	6.4-6.5	Combinations, more counting problems, permutations w/ repetition
10/20	7.1-7.2	Sample spaces and assignment of probabilities, probability of an event, the case of equally likely outcomes
10/22	7.2	More on equally likely outcomes and more counting problems from Review Exercises for Chapter 6
10/24	6.6	The binomial theorem, more problems from Review Exercises
10/27	7.1-7.2	Revisit the probability problems on equally likely outcomes
10/29	7.3	Probability problems using counting techniques
10/31	7.4	Conditional probability
11/ 3		Review Chapter 6 & Section 7.1 & 7.2
11/ 4	(Tues.Eve.)	TEST III (8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
11/ 5		NO CLASS
11/ 7		Debriefing TEST III
11/10	7.5	Independent events
11/12	7.4-7.5	More on conditional probability and independent events
11/14		Review Chapter 7
11/17	8.1	Bayes' formula
11/19	8.1	More on Bayes' formula
11/21	8.2	The binomial probability model
11/24 - 11/28		THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/ 1	8.2	More on binomial probability model
12/ 3		Review Chapter 8
12/ 4	(Thurs.Eve.)	TEST IV (6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
12/ 5		NO CLASS
12/ 8	8.3	Expected value
12/10	8.3	More on expected value
12/12		Review for Final Exam
12/15 - 12/19		FINAL EXAM (according to the university schedule)