Out: Monday, February 16th
Due: Before 11:59 PM on Monday, February 23rd
Note that late homeworks will NOT be accepted.
Objectives:
Assignment:
· First solve each of the two problems shown below. (25 points each, so make sure you show your work, no matter how simple you think it is)
· Then write an algorithm for each of these two problems in pseudocode.(25 points each)
1) Ms. Block passed around a bowl of candy to the students in her class. Before class, she ate 1 piece and gave 3 pieces to Mr. Frey. Eight students arrived for class. The first student took a piece of candy, the second student took 3 pieces, the third student took 5 pieces and so on. After the last student took his/her candy, the basket was empty. How many pieces of candy were in the bowl at the beginning?
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2) Your grade in CMSC104 is based on the following:
3 Homeworks (3% each) = 9%
4 Projects (9% each) = 36%
3 Exams (15% each) = 45%
10 Quizzes (1% each) = 10%
Total = 100%
If you have the following homework, project and exam grades at the end of the semester, calculate your final grade for the course:
Homework 1 = 100/100 Project 1 = 75/100 Exam 1 = 92/100
Homework 2 = 80/100 Project 2 = 90/100 Exam 2 = 80/100
Homework 3 = 100/100 Project 3 = 99/100 Exam 3 = 81/100
Project 4 = 100/100
Quiz average = 90%
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