Compared to the arbitrary precision and global scope of the millennial year, U.S. census figures are necessarily imprecise and of more parochial interest. Nevertheless, they're politically and economically significant, affecting legislative apportionment, economic assistance, business decisions and much else. Moreover, and here's the connection with the Democrats, when sampling techniques are used to estimate the uncounted, the folks found tend to be members of minorities and more likely to vote Democratic. It's easy to parody the hidebound nature of the decision. John Allen Paulos is a professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper and the recently released Once Upon a Number .
Solutions Here are the answers to the two exercises.
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