M 311                                           Spring 2004
 
                HOMEWORK SUMMARY REPORT
 
 
Chapter number: 3
 
Section number: 4
 
Exercise number: 7
 
Number of papers received: 5
 
Reviewing committee: alpha
                                                                                
List all participating committee members:
    Tristan Brown, James Macfarlane
                                                                                
Author(s) of paper(s) chosen for publication:
Ashley Pagnotta
                                                                                
                                                                                
Comments:
 
The students basically knew how to work the problem but many of them made
some small mistake along the way.  Also, some of the solutions were
worked as decimals rather than leaving everything in terms of symbols.
This makes it a little harder to follow and doesn't have as much meaning
for someone who is trying to follow the  process.
 
INSTRUCTOR'S COMMENTS:  I agree with the reviewers' remarks about 
decimals, and so will most of your math teachers.  Engineering profs may 
feel differently.  Also, you probably noticed that this exercise was one 
we worked out in class.  That was a slip-up on my part.