MATH 17
COURSE DESCRIPTION: (CQ) Finite Mathematics (3:3:0) Introduction
to logic, sets, probability.
PREREQUISITE: 2 units of high school mathematics.
TOPICS
SETS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES
Sets
The Multiplication Principle
Permutations
Combinations
More Counting Problems
The Binomial Theorem
PROBABILITY
Samples Spaces and Assignment of Probabilities
Properties of the Probability of an Event
Probability Problems Using Counting Techniques
Conditional Probability
Independent Events
Bayes' Formula
The Binomial Probability Model
Expected Value
LOGIC AND LOGIC CIRCUITS
Propositions
Truth Tables
Implications; The Biconditional Connective; tautologies
Arguments
Logic Circuits
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