Homework 4
DS502/MA543
Your answers will be graded both on your demonstrated understanding of the concepts from the
book and from the class, as well as the clarity of your explanations.
Please bring the written portion of your answers in hard copy to class on Thursday, April 9. Please
make sure that all team member names appear on the submission and that every submission is standalone (i.e., does make the grader read or run your code)! and don’t zip your files! In addition, for
any problem on which you write code, plus submit your code on canvas.wpi.edu. You will not be
graded your programming style, but having access to your code will allow us to more easily give
partial credit.
1. (10 points) Section 6.8, page 259, question 2
2. (20 points) Section 6.8, page264, question 11 (Note, this question is quite open ended. You
should think about questions like this as a small precursor to the final project. Be creative!)
3. (10 points) Section 7.9, Page 298, question 3
4. (10 points) Section 7.9, Page 298, question 4
5. (10 points) Section 7.9, Page 299, question 6
6. (20 points) Section 7.9, Page 299, question 7 (Note, this is another question that is quite open
ended. Again, you should think about questions like this as a small precursors to the final
project. Be creative!)
7. (10 points) Section 8.4, Page 332, question 1
8. (10 points) Section 8.4, Page 333-334, question 8
