1. Embedding Equations in a Word document. (Required)

a. A 1–page (image of a) MS Word document containing mathematical expressions will be provided.

b. A slideshow is available to walk you through the creation of the document.

c. A brief video showing how one might create the quadratic formula in Equation is available on the Course Website.

d. Work on this project will begin in class at orientation, because there are some tricks I'd like to share with you, to help you hit the ground running.

e. The student will re-create the body (Header doesn't matter.) of the document, using Word, and submit it electronically via the E-Mail Tool in WebCT.

2. The three ways to solve a quadratic equation. (Required)

a. The student will solve in two ways:

i. factoring

ii. quadratic formula

b. The student will solve in two ways:

i. quadratic formula

ii. completing the square

c. The student will discuss briefly (two or three paragraphs) the advantages or disadvantages of each method.

d. The student will type this writing project in MS Word, and deliver it to the instructor as an e-mail attachment.

3. Completing the Square to graph a quadratic function. (Required)

a. A worksheet will be provided.

b. The student will work the exercises by hand, on paper, and deliver them to the instructor in that form (scan-to-email, fax, or U.S. Mail acceptable. Submissions by U.S. Mail must be postmarked no later than one day before the due date.)

4. Test 3, Chapter 3, Take-Home Portion of the Test (Required)

a. This will coincide with Test 3, and count as part of the Test 3 score, in addition to counting as a writing assignment.

b. The student will work the test by hand, on paper, and deliver it to the instructor in that form (scan-to-email, fax, or U.S. Mail acceptable.)

The student must also do one of the following projects:

5. The three kinds of Linear Systems (Optional)

a. The student will submit three examples of linear systems in three variables and solve them using Gauss-Jordan reduction.

i. One of the three systems will be inconsistent.

ii. One of the systems will be consistent, with a unique solution.

iii. One of the systems will be consistent, with infinitely many solutions.

b. The student will work the exercises by hand, on paper, and deliver them to the instructor in that form (scan-to-email, fax, or U.S. Mail acceptable.) or type them up nicely in MS Word and submit by e-mail attachment.

6. Proof by Induction (Optional)

a. Show, by direct computation, that .

b. Use induction to prove the famous result .

c. The student will work this project by hand, on paper, and deliver them to the instructor in that form (scan-to-email, fax, or U.S. Mail acceptable.) or type them up nicely in MS Word and submit by e-mail attachment.