May 16, 2007

Today we started class off by doing some mental math, and then we corrected the simple and compound interest questions. Mr.Max then showed us a way to use our calculators to solve compound interest, amortized loans, and payout annual ties, called the tvm solver. We were then given an assignment on teams to explain what it is, how it works, and why it is useful.

In a room full of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday.
apparantly this is true, i cant explain it but if you want an expanation go to...http://www.factme.com/cgi-bin/facts_redirect.pl?factID=13&url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BirthdayProblem.html