Problem 9
Boxes, each capable of holding 36 units, are used to ship a product from the manufacturer to a wholesaler. Express the number of boxes that would be required to ship \(n\) units of the product using either the floor or the ceiling notation. Which notation is more appropriate?
Problem 9
Prove those that are true and disprove those that are false.The square root of an irrational number is irrational.
Problem 9
Evaluate the expressionsa. 28 div 5 b. 28 mod 5
Problem 10
If \(0=\) Sunday, \(1=\) Monday, \(2=\) Tuesday, \(\ldots, 6=\) Saturday, then January 1 of year \(n\) occurs on the day of the week given by the following formula: \(\left(n+\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{4}\right\rfloor-\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{100}\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{400}\right\rfloor\right) \bmod 7\). a. Use this formula to find January 1 of \(\begin{array}{lll}\text { i. } 2050 & \text { ii. } 2100 & \text { iii. the year of your birth. }\end{array}\)
Problem 10
If \(r\) is any rational number and \(s\) is any irrational number, then \(r / s\) is irrational.
Problem 11
State a necessary and sufficient condition for the floor of a real number to equal that number.
Problem 11
Find the greatest common divisor of each of the pairs of integers in \(9-12\). (Use any method you wish.) 7 and 21
Problem 11
Prove that every integer is a rational number.
Problem 12
Give a reason for your answer in each of 1-13. Assume that all variables represent integers. If \(n=4 k+1\), does 8 divide \(n^{2}-1\) ?
Problem 13
If an integer greater than 1 is a perfect square, then its cube root is irrational.