I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

## Test

LATE EDIT: I just realised that I included no questions like Q.1 on P.32 of the notes… they are also examinable (matrix arithmetic). Also Q. 7 should read “Verify your answer for $z$ using Cramer’s Rule

The test will be from 7.05-8 pm next week (Wednesday 19 March). I won’t give a sample but instead look here for a selection of test & exam questions. You  can find a summary of Chapter 1 methods here.

Also I explained that some questions involving finding the inverse of 3×3 matrices using the Gauss-Jordan Algorithm can end up very messy in terms of the numbers.  Questions like P. 44 Q.1-5 are fine as are P. 52 Q. 2, 3 (iv)-(vi)

Stay away from questions like the examples 3 & 4 on P. 49 and P.52 Q. 3 (iii), (vii)-(x) and P.62 Q.2, 3. — the numbers here are just too messy.

## Maple Catch Up

If you want to do Maple catch up, if for example you miss a lab, please download the Maple file from your email, do the exercises in Maple (either in a new worksheet or on top of the original file with the exercises), save the worksheet and email me the worksheet you were working on.

## Week 7

We continued talking about statistics including the standard deviation. We introduced frequency distributions. We skipped over the material that used the assumption of uniformity — we aren’t going to use it.

We introduced the assumed mean method and presented the formulae that are used to calculate the mean and standard deviation of a frequency class distribution using it. We also described the cumulative frequency distribution and how we can use it to find the median.

In Maple we revised for the test with the aid of Maple.

## Week 8

We will have our test on Linear Algebra first and then after a break we will finish off the chapter on statistics and start talking about probability.

## Independent Learning: Exercices

You are supposed to be working outside of class and I am supposed to help you with this. Working outside of class means doing the exercises in the notes. Any work that is handed up will be corrected by me. Also you can ask me a question here on this site and I will answer it ASAP.

Questions that you can do at this point include:

• the sample questions for your test
• p.70 Q. 1-3
• P.90 Q. 2

### Maple Online & Wolfram Alpha

If you are subscribed to CIT MathsOnline you will have free access to the mathematical software package Maple:

Self-enrolment for Maths Online

2.           Click on the Courses tab button at the top of the screen. Go to Course Search and type Maths Online in the box.

3.           Once you’ve found the course, click the non-credit-course button and click on Enrol. This should take you to the Self Enrolment page.

4.           Your Access Code is mathsonline (lower case, no spaces).

5.           After you’ve finished click Submit. You should now see a message that says your enrolment was successful.

Once you’ve enrolled, no go back to the Blackboard home page and click on the Maths Online button: it should be under an Academic Learning Support Tab. You can download Maple by selecting the Mathematical Software tab in the left hand column and following the instructions under the Maple item. Click Maple text to start.

If you have any problem with this take a print screen and send it to me and I will try and sort you out.

I myself am not a Maple expert but ‘grew up’ with another mathematical software package MathematicaMathematica powers the “computational knowledge engine” WolframAlpha. Go on ask it a question!