Finite Mathematics (MATH 124 B1)

Outline of the Course Topics

The topics covered by the course are taken from the textbook of the course. This list is tentative and will be adjusted depending on how the course progresses. See also Daily Schedule of Classes.

• Chapter 5. Methods of Counting
  • Section 5.1   The Algebra of Sets
  • Section 5.2   The Multiplication Principle and Permutations
  • Section 5.3   Combinations
  
  
• Chapter 6. Methods of Probability
  • Section 6.1   Probability Spaces
  • Section 6.2   Calculation of Probability
  • Section 6.3   Conditional Probability
  • Section 6.4   Bayes' Theorem
  • Section 6.5   Independence and Repeated Trials
  
  
• Chapter 7. Probability Distributions and Statistics
  • Section 7.1   Random Variables and Probability Distributions
  • Section 7.2   Expected Value
  
  
• Chapter 1. Linear Methods in the Plane
  • Section 1.2   Equations, Inequalities, Graphs and Functions
  • Section 1.3   Lines in the Plane
  • Section 1.4   Systems of Equations in Two Variables
  • Section 1.5   Linear Programming in the Plane
  • Section 1.6   Applications of Linear Programming
  
  
• Chapter 2. Systems of Linear Equations
  • Section 2.1   Row Operations and Gaussian Elimination
  • Section 2.2   More on Gaussian Elimination
  • Section 2.3   Consistency of Systems
  • Section 2.4   Gauss-Jordan Elimination
  
  
• Chapter 3. Matrices
  • Section 3.1   Matrix Operations
  • Section 3.2   Inverse of a Matrix