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Assessment 1
Results out this week at some stage…
Assessment 2
Assessment 2 will be on the Wednesday of Week 4, 21 October 2015.
The following class groups will sit the assessment at 17:15 (arrive around 17:05):
- DNET1, WEB1, DCOM1-A
The following group will sit the assessment at 18:15 (arrive around 18:05)
- DCOM1-B
Keep an eye on your CIT Blackboard and email for the latest and definitive assessment information.
Week 4
DCOM
We looked at tax and interest as well as length and area. We started talking about trigonometry.
WEB/DNET
We finished looking at the Assessment 1 material. We covered tax and interest and began talking about length, area and triangles.
Week 5
DCOM
We will finish off the section on trigonometry and then move onto statistics.
WEB/DNET
We will finish off the section on trigonometry and then move onto statistics.
Tutorials
- DCOM1 Group A: Wednesday 09:00 in C212 (with Leonard O’Driscoll) and Thursday 09:00 in B185 (with Hannah Lordan)
- DCOM1 Group B with myself: Monday 12:00 in F1. 3 and Thursday 12:00 in B165
- DNET1 with myself: Monday 14:00 in B248 and Wednesday 15:00 in C212
- WEB1 with Ben O’Shaugnessy: Monday 16:00 in C212 and Thursday 15:00 in E7
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
J.P. McCarthy: Math Page 
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October 14, 2015 at 8:54 am
Student
Hey,
I got 66.7% in the assessment. I’m just wondering if this is an okay result?
Thanks.
October 14, 2015 at 9:03 am
J.P. McCarthy
In question three you mistook
as 
. We have
In question seven you found that the new area
was 
times the old area, 
.
That is
That is the change is
so the percentage change is 5% rather than 1.05%.
For question 11 (ii) you correctly have
however you proceeded to calculate
…
For question 12 (ii) the cost price was still €240 while the new sale price was €255. Therefore the profit was €15.
You read the question as if the new cost price was €255 and the sale price was still €300 — you misread the question. You then incorrectly took the profit as
when it should be
Regardless you had
but went on to calculate 
instead.
We have that
not 
.
You never answered question 13… I don’t think you saw it at all.
Regards,
J.P.