Selected Discrete Homework Solutions

There are solutions to almost all of the homework problems up through the end of week 3 available on or from this page. This page was last updated at 11:20 pm on Monday evening 9/13/99

This page is now complete. See you at the quiz on Wednesday, 9/15/99. The quiz will last 15 to 20 minutes. It is NOT a test!

Quiz #1 is on Wednesday, September 15th. This is a change.
Quiz #1 is NOT on Monday, September 13th.

  1. Answers for page 16 and 17 exercises 5a, 7, 11c and 11d. The truth tables could be done differently.

  2. Answers for page 32 exercise 37 as a smaller graphic.
    Need 17 inch monitor or scrolling for larger size answers for page 32 exercise 37

  3. Answers for page 41 exercises

  4. Answers for page 42 problems 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 8a, 8d, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f are now ready.

  5. Answers for page 42 10a, 10b, 10d, 10e, 10j and page 93 exercise 22. These are the bees and flowers and loves predicates.

  6. Answers for 3 problems from page 43 9c, 10a, 10c

  7. Answers for page 93 2a, 4 and 5

  8. Answers for page 93 exercise 7

  9. Page 94, exercise 8 is a proof by contradiction problem. See two different solutions. If 1 is an even number, mathematics is in big trouble!

  10. Page 94, exercises 9, 10, 11 and 12. Problems 11 can be solved in several different ways, including by breaking it down into two separate cases.