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Unit 14 : Maths for Computing

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LO1 Use applied number theory in practical computing scenarios.

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LO2 Analyse events using probability theory and probability distributions.

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LO1 Use applied number theory in practical computing scenarios.

LO2 Analyse events using probability theory and probability distributions.

LO3 Determine solutions of graphical examples using geometry and vector methods.

LO4 Evaluate problems concerning differential and integral calculus.

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Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Activity 01

Part 1

1. A farmer wants to make square shaped vegetable beds. The required squared area of vegetable
beds will be prepared from a land which is 28 feet in length and 24 feet in width.
a) Find the minimum number of squared vegetable beds that can be prepared from the land
without wasting any area.
b) Briefly explain the technique you used to solve (a).

2. In a company, 5 employees are doing overtime work. First day of the month, all the 5
employees did overtime work. Afterwards, those 5 employees do the overtime work once in
3,4,6, 8 and 12 days respectively.
a) On which day of the month, will all the 5 employees do the overtime work together?
b) Briefly explain the technique you used to solve (a).
Part 2

3. In a warehouse, boxes are stored such that 30 boxes on the bottom row and 21 on the top row.
There are 10 rows in all, with each row having one more box than the one above it.
a) How many boxes have been stored?
b) Briefly explain the technique you used to solve (a).

4. A businessman has done an investment of Rs.200,000.00 on a new business expecting a 5%

interest compounded yearly.
a) Find the total amount of money that the businessman would earn in 6 years.
b) Briefly explain the technique you used to solve (a).

Part 3

1. Define the multiplicative inverse in modular arithmetic and identify the multiplicative inverse
of 7 mod 8 while explaining the algorithm used.

2. Prime numbers are important to many fields. In the computing field also prime numbers are
applied. Provide examples and in detail explain how prime numbers are important in the field of
computing.

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Activity 02

Part 1

1. Define ‘Conditional Probability’ with a suitable example.

2. An aesthetic club has 100 members. Out of them 40 do dancing, 45 do music and 24 do drama.
15 do both dancing and music, 11 do both dancing and drama and 13 do both music and drama
and 5 do dancing, music and drama. Remaining members do arts. Let D represents the
randomly selected member does dancing, M represents the randomly selected member does
music, R represents the randomly selected member does drama. A represents the randomly
selected member does arts.
Represent the given information in a Venn diagram. Use that Venn diagram to answer the
following questions.
a) Find the probability that a randomly selected member either does dancing or music.
b) Find whether the events “The randomly selected member does drama” and “The
randomly selected member does music” are independent or not.

3. Suppose a survey was done in three states on the Covid-19 pandemic situation. Of the total
population of the three states, 25% live in state X, 45% live in state Y, and 30% live in state Z.
In state X, 20% of the citizens have been infected with Covid-19, in state B, 10% of the
citizens have been infected with Covid-19, and in state C, 15% of the citizens have been
infected with Covid-19.
Let X represents the event that the citizen is from state X, Y represents the event that the
citizen is from state Y and Z represents the event that the citizen is from state Z. Let C
represents the event that the citizen has been infected with Covid-19.
a) Find the probability that a randomly selected citizen has not been infected with Covid-19
and lives in state X.
b) Find the probability that a randomly selected citizen has been infected with Covid-19.
c) Given that a randomly selected citizen has been infected with Covid-19, find the
probability that the selected citizen is from state Y.

4. In a game if the player wins, a random gift will be given. There are 3 types [Watch, Voucher,
Pen Drive] of gifts for the winners. There are 7 Vouchers, 6 Watches and 5 Pen Drives. The
number tags of the gifts are stored in a box. If two players win the game and the number tags
of the gifts are selected randomly without replacement.
a) Find the probability that the both winners get a Voucher.
b) Find the probability that one gift is a Watch and the other gift is a Pen Drive.
c) Find the probability that the two winners get different gifts.

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Part 2

5. Differentiate between ‘Discrete Random Variable’ and ‘Continuous Random Variable”.

6. There are two boxes. In each box there are 4 cards with a different number printed on it. The
four cards have been numbered as 1,2,3,4 in each box. Two cards are drawn random from each
box. The random variable X represents the difference between the number on the card from
box 1 minus the number on the card from box 2.

a) Find the mean of this probability distribution. (i.e. Find E[X] )

b) Find the variance and standard deviation of this probability distribution.
(i.e. Find V[X] and SD[X])
The random variables M and W are defined as follows:
M = X+5 and W = (1/2)X+5
c) Find E[M] and E[W].
d) Find V[M] and V[W].
e) Mary and William play a game using the cards in the above boxes. Randomly two cards
are drawn, and Mary records his score using the random variable M and William uses the
random variable W. They repeat this for a large number of times and compare their scores.
Comment on any likely differences or similarities of their scores.

7. A discrete random variable Y has the following probability distribution.

Y=y 1 2 3 4 5
P(Y=y) 1/8 1/4 1/3 k 1/8
where k is a constant.
a) Find the value of k.
b) Find P(Y≤4).
c) Find P(Y>3).

Part 3

8. The “Winkles” quiz team has a winning rate of 72%. The team is planning to participate in 8
quizzes in the next month.
a) Let Y be the number of quizzes win by the team. What are the possible values of Y?
b) What is the probability that the team will win exactly 4 quizzes?
c) What is the probability that the team will lose 2 or less quizzes?
d) What is the mean number of quizzes that the team will win?
e) What are the variance and the standard deviation of the number of quizzes that the team
will win?

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9. In a boys’ school, there are 40 students in grade 9. The weight of the students was measured.
The mean weight of the students was 55 kg and the standard deviation was 2.5 kg. Peter’s
weight was 64kg. Would his weight be considered an outlier, if the weight of the students
were normally distributed? Explain your answer.

10. The working life of a certain electrical equipment is normally distributed with a mean of 180
days and a standard deviation of 4 days.
For each of the following questions, construct a normal distribution curve and provide the
answer.
a) About what percent of the products last between 176 and 184 days?
b) About what percent of the products last between 180 and 184 days?
For each of the following questions, use the standard normal table and provide the answer.
c) About what percent of the products last 172 or less days?
d) About what percent of the products last 184 or more days?

11. In the computing field, there are many applications of Probability theories. Hashing and Load
Balancing are also included to those. Provide an example for an application of Probability in
Hashing and an example for an application of Probability in Load Balancing. Then, evaluate
in detail how Probability is used for each application while assessing the importance of using
Probability to those applications.

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Activity 03

Part 1

1. Find the equation (formula) of a circle with radius r and center C(h,k) and if the Center of a
circle is at (7,-2) and a point on the circle is (-3,5) find the formula of the circle.

2. Find the equation (formula) of a sphere with radius r and center C(h, k, l) and show that
x2 + y2 + z2 - 14x + 6y - 2z - 3 = 0 is an equation of a sphere. Also, find its center and radius.

3. Following figure shows a Parallelogram.

If a=(2i-j+3k) , b=(3i+5j-k), find the area of the Parallelogram.

Part 2

4. If 5x - 2y = 10, 4y = 3x + 36 are two functions. Evaluate the x, y values using graphical

method.

5. Evaluate the surfaces in R 3 that are represented by the following equations.

i. y = 2
ii. z = 6

6. Following figure shows a Tetrahedron.

Construct an equation to find the volume of the given Tetrahedron using vector methods and if the
vectors of the Tetrahedron are a=(2i+j-3k), b=(-i+2j+4k) and c=(5i-7j+k), evaluate the volume of the
Tetrahedron.

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Activity 04

Part 1
1. Determine the slope of the following functions.
i. f(x) = 4x3 + 5x4 - 9x + 2
ii. f(x) = sin(3x) - 5x3 – 7

2. Let the velocity function of a moving object is V(t) = 7t3 + 5t2 - 4t. What is the function for the
acceleration of the object at time t.
Part 2

3. Find the area between the two curves f(x) = 3x2 - 4 and g(x) = 2x+5 on the interval
(-1) ≤ x ≤ 1.

4. It is estimated that t years from now the bee population of a certain farm will be increasing at
the rate of 9t 2 + 10t - 7 hundred bees per year. It has been found that the number of flowers in
the nearby botanical garden increases at the rate of approximately 400 flowers per 10 bees. By
how much will the number of flowers in the nearby botanical garden increase during the next 2
years?

Part 3

5. Sketch the graph of f(x) = x 3 - x4 + 6x2 + 3 by applying differentiation methods for analyzing
where the graph is increasing/decreasing, local maximum/minimum points [Using the second
derivative test], concave up/down intervals with inflection points.

6. Identify the maximum and minimum points of the function f(x)= −4x 2 + 6x + 3 by further
differentiation. [i.e Justify your answer using both first derivative test and second derivative
test.]

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Grading Rubric

Grading Criteria Achievement Feedback

(Yes/No)
LO1 : Use applied number theory in practical computing scenarios.

P1 : Calculate the greatest common divisor and least common multiple

of a given pair of numbers.

P2 : Use relevant theory to sum arithmetic and geometric progressions.

M1 : Identify multiplicative inverses in modular arithmetic.

D1 : Produce a detailed written explanation of the importance of prime

numbers within the field of computing.
LO2 : Analyse events using probability theory and
probability distributions.

P3 : Deduce the conditional probability of different events occurring

within independent trials.
P4 : Identify the expectation of an event occurring from a discrete,
random variable.

M2 : Calculate probabilities within both binomially distributed and

normally distributed random variables.

D2 : Evaluate probability theory to an example involving hashing and

load balancing.

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LO3 : Determine solutions of graphical examples using
geometry and vector methods.

P5 : Identify simple shapes using co-ordinate geometry.

P6 : Determine shape parameters using appropriate vector methods.

M3 : Evaluate the coordinate system used in programming a simple

output device.
D3 : Construct the scaling of simple shapes that are described by vector
coordinates.
LO4 : Evaluate problems concerning differential and
integral calculus.

P7 : Determine the rate of change within an algebraic function.

P8 : Use integral calculus to solve practical problems involving area.

M4 : Analyse maxima and minima of increasing and decreasing

functions using higher order derivatives.
D4 : Justify, by further differentiation, that a value is a minimum.

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