MATH 4109 - Test 2 2025/2026 Exam
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Who was the first mathematician to solve a maximum/minimum problem? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
What was the major contribution of Father Marin Mersenne to the
development of mathematics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔He organized regular
meetings of scholars that allowed them to share their ideas.
In which country were Descartes and Fermat born? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔France
Which two mathematicians co-developed analytic geometry? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat
Which mathematician is known as the father of modern philosophy? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rene Descartes
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, What does "Cogito ergo sum" mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔I think therefore I
am.
What method did Fermat use to solve maximum/minimum problems? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pseudo-equality method
Who was the Queen of Sweden when Descartes died? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Christina
What branch of mathematics was introduced in the book, La Geometrie? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Analytic Geometry
How were Descartes' and Fermat's coordinate systems different from ours
today? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They never referred to a vertical axis.
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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
According to Pascal, what does Pascal's Wager prove? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Pascal's Wager proves that belief in God is rational.
Who founded the theory of games? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔John von Neumann
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Questions and Answers | A+ Score
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Who was the first mathematician to solve a maximum/minimum problem? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
What was the major contribution of Father Marin Mersenne to the
development of mathematics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔He organized regular
meetings of scholars that allowed them to share their ideas.
In which country were Descartes and Fermat born? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔France
Which two mathematicians co-developed analytic geometry? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat
Which mathematician is known as the father of modern philosophy? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rene Descartes
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, What does "Cogito ergo sum" mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔I think therefore I
am.
What method did Fermat use to solve maximum/minimum problems? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pseudo-equality method
Who was the Queen of Sweden when Descartes died? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Christina
What branch of mathematics was introduced in the book, La Geometrie? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Analytic Geometry
How were Descartes' and Fermat's coordinate systems different from ours
today? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They never referred to a vertical axis.
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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pierre de Fermat
According to Pascal, what does Pascal's Wager prove? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Pascal's Wager proves that belief in God is rational.
Who founded the theory of games? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔John von Neumann
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