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5.2: Homework

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  • Submit homework separately from this workbook and staple all pages together. (One staple for the entire submission of all the unit homework)
  • Start a new module on the front side of a new page and write the module number on the top center of the page.
  • Answers without supporting work will receive no credit.
  • Some solutions are given in the solutions manual.
  • You may work with classmates but do your own work

Exercise 1

Compute and simplify the following. Show all of the steps. Use the binary operations defined at the beginning of this module.

a. 5 * 9 b. 4 * 8 c. b * a d. 1 , 5
e. 7 , 4 f. b , a g. 88 ! 79 h. m ! n
i. b ! a j. 65 k. 27 l. ba
m. 8 # 1 n. 4 # 6 o. b # a p. 8 @ 5
q. 9 @ 4 r. b @ a s. 6 7 t. 2 5
u. b a v. 3 × 8 w. 5 × 6 x. b × a
y. 7 )( 8 z. 3 )( 2 aa. b )( a

Exercise 2

Simplify each of the following. Show each step.

a. 3 * (4 * 2) b. 3 @ (5 @ 2) c. 3 ! (5 ! 2)

Exercise 3

Compute the following, using the definitions for the operations defined at the beginning of this module. Show each step.

a. (1 × 2) 7 b. (3 * 1) , c c. (8 ! 5) 6
d. 7 × (6 ! 13) e. 5 * (2 2) f. 8 ! (5 6)

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