IB Pre-Calculus
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Chapter 9: Discrete Mathematics
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9.1 Basic Combinatorics
Discrete versus continuous, the importance of counting, the multiplication principle of
counting, permutations, combinations, subsets of an n-set.
9.2 The Binomial Theorem
Powers of Binomials, Pascal’s Triangle, The Binomial Theorem, factorial identity.
pp. 707-10; Quick Review 9.1 110; 1-41 odd, 43-48 all
/4
pp. 715-17; Quick Review 9.2
1-27 odd, 35-40 all
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9.3 Probability
Sample space and probability function, determining probabilities, Venn diagrams and Tree
diagrams, conditional probability, binomial distribution.
pp. 728-31; Quick Review 9.3 110; 1- 15 odd, 17-22 all, 23-59
odd, 60
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9.4 Sequences
Infinite sequences, limits of infinite sequences, arithmetic and geometric sequences,
sequences and graphing calculators.
pp. 739-41; Quick Review 9.4 110; 1-9 odd, 21-47 odd,
skip 33, 41
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9.5 Series
Summation notation, sums of arithmetic and geometric sequences, infinite series,
convergence of geometric series.
pp. 749-51; Quick Review 9.5 110; 1, 2, 7-22 all, 25-30 all
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6
Chapter 9 Review
pp. 786-89 1-89 every other odd
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Chapter 9 Exam
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