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Product ID: 99660
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Undergraduate
High School

Applications of High School Mathematics in Geometrical Probability (UMAP)

Author: Richard Dahlke and Robert Fakler


This module applies high school mathematics to geometrical probability, and provides real world examples and exercises.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
What is Geometrical Probability?
Why is it Interesting and Profitable to Study?

GEOMETRICAL PROBABILITY MODEL
Defining Some Basic Terms
Modelling a Specific Type of Real World Experiment
Defining the Geometrical Probability Model
Determining Probability Bounds
Exercise Set I

APPLICATIONS
Beginning Applications
Exercise Set II
Further Applications
Exercise Set III
Applications Using Coordinate Systems
Exercise Set IV

SIMULATING EXPERIMENTS
Real-World Simulation
Computer Simulation

ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

MODEL EXAM

ANSWERS TO MODEL EXAM

©1986 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
38 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Algebra , Geometry

Application Areas:

Various

Prerequisites:

Algebra I; plane geometry; graphing of absolute value and quadratic inequalities; solving equations in quadratic form

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