Monday, September 27, 1999

• The course notes are now available at Gnomen Copy, 1304 Mass. Ave. (across from Widener Library)
• Supplement to Problem 17 from Chapter 1:  Here's something to think about (an exploratory problem)
• Suppose four people want to split a pie evenly; each get 1/4 of the pie.  If six people want to split the same pie, each gets 1/6.  There is a relationship between the number of people splitting the pie and the size of the pieces.  Is this a "directly proportional" relationship?  Try to describe your reasoning in words.  If it is not a relationship of direct proportionality, can you think of a mathematical way to describe the relationship (see pg. 9 in the notes).

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