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| MA 15555 - Quantitative Reasoning |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2020
Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn proportion and how to apply it to unit conversions, percentage, sales tax and discounts, and inflation. 2. Learn weighted averages and how they apply to the consumer price index and other examples. 3. Learn paradoxes involving weighted averages. 4. Learn linear models and how they apply to electricity bills, income taxes, and climate change. 5. Learn exponential growth and how it applies to compound interest and other financial issues. 6. Learn basic probability theory and how it applies to insurance and games of chance. 7. Learn how algebra is related to the other things learned. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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