MATH 4109 Test 3 2025 Questions and
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In which country were Descartes and Fermat born? - ✔✔France
What method did Fermat use to solve maximum/minimum problems? - ✔✔Pseudo-
equality method
How were Descartes' and Fermat's coordinate systems different from ours today? -
✔✔They never referred to a vertical axis.
What was the major contribution of Father Marin Mersenne to the development of
mathematics? - ✔✔He organized regular meetings of scholars that allowed them to
share their ideas.
Who was the Queen of Sweden when Descartes died? - ✔✔Christina
Who was the first mathematician to solve a maximum/minimum problem? - ✔✔Pierre
de Fermat
Which two mathematicians co-developed analytic geometry? - ✔✔Rene Descartes and
Pierre de Fermat
What branch of mathematics was introduced in the book, La Geometrie? - ✔✔Analytic
Geometry
Which mathematician is known as the father of modern philosophy? - ✔✔Rene
Descartes
What does "Cogito ergo sum" mean? - ✔✔I think therefore I am
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, According to Pascal, what does Pascal's Wager prove? - ✔✔Pascal's Wager proves that
belief in God is rational.
Who wrote the first book on games of chance titled The Book on Games of Chance? -
✔✔Girolamo Cardano
Which mathematician was the "greatest might have been" in mathematics? - ✔✔Blaise
Pascal
Which one of the ancient civilizations knew about the triangle that we call "Pascal's
Triangle?" - ✔✔Chinese
What was the problem of the points? - ✔✔How should the stakes be distributed fairly
when a game is stopped early?
Who founded the theory of games? - ✔✔John von Neumann
If a fair coin is tossed twice, what is the probability of getting two heads? - ✔✔1/4
Who were the co-developers of probability? - ✔✔Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat
What is true about the sum of the numbers on each row of Pascal's triangle? - ✔✔The
sums are all powers of two.
The two men who co-developed probability used different strategies to solve the
problem of the points. Which one of the two made a list of all the possible ways that the
game could be completed to solve the problem? - ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
True or False: A prime number has only one factor. - ✔✔False
What was Marin Mersenne's contribution to the development of mathematics? - ✔✔He
hosted regular gatherings of mathematicians who exchanged ideas.
What is a Mersenne number? - ✔✔A number that can be written in the form 2^n - 1
Which of the following is an application of number theory? - ✔✔Cryptography
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Answers 100% Pass
In which country were Descartes and Fermat born? - ✔✔France
What method did Fermat use to solve maximum/minimum problems? - ✔✔Pseudo-
equality method
How were Descartes' and Fermat's coordinate systems different from ours today? -
✔✔They never referred to a vertical axis.
What was the major contribution of Father Marin Mersenne to the development of
mathematics? - ✔✔He organized regular meetings of scholars that allowed them to
share their ideas.
Who was the Queen of Sweden when Descartes died? - ✔✔Christina
Who was the first mathematician to solve a maximum/minimum problem? - ✔✔Pierre
de Fermat
Which two mathematicians co-developed analytic geometry? - ✔✔Rene Descartes and
Pierre de Fermat
What branch of mathematics was introduced in the book, La Geometrie? - ✔✔Analytic
Geometry
Which mathematician is known as the father of modern philosophy? - ✔✔Rene
Descartes
What does "Cogito ergo sum" mean? - ✔✔I think therefore I am
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, According to Pascal, what does Pascal's Wager prove? - ✔✔Pascal's Wager proves that
belief in God is rational.
Who wrote the first book on games of chance titled The Book on Games of Chance? -
✔✔Girolamo Cardano
Which mathematician was the "greatest might have been" in mathematics? - ✔✔Blaise
Pascal
Which one of the ancient civilizations knew about the triangle that we call "Pascal's
Triangle?" - ✔✔Chinese
What was the problem of the points? - ✔✔How should the stakes be distributed fairly
when a game is stopped early?
Who founded the theory of games? - ✔✔John von Neumann
If a fair coin is tossed twice, what is the probability of getting two heads? - ✔✔1/4
Who were the co-developers of probability? - ✔✔Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat
What is true about the sum of the numbers on each row of Pascal's triangle? - ✔✔The
sums are all powers of two.
The two men who co-developed probability used different strategies to solve the
problem of the points. Which one of the two made a list of all the possible ways that the
game could be completed to solve the problem? - ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
True or False: A prime number has only one factor. - ✔✔False
What was Marin Mersenne's contribution to the development of mathematics? - ✔✔He
hosted regular gatherings of mathematicians who exchanged ideas.
What is a Mersenne number? - ✔✔A number that can be written in the form 2^n - 1
Which of the following is an application of number theory? - ✔✔Cryptography
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