Homework 2

• You are visiting a local organic potato farm and are discussing the possibility of buying the farmer's potatoes to use in the COA dining hall. The farmer is very interested and asks you approximately how many pounds of potatoes COA would need each month. Come up with an order of magnitude estimate of the pounds of potatoes used in the dining hall each month. (10 points. To get full credit you do not need to come close to the actual number. I'm mainly interested in seeing a clear explanation of your logic. Try to do this problem without a calculator -- what sort of nerd would bring a calculator with them when visiting a farm?)

1. C4B.1. (5 points)
2. C4B.3. (5 points)
3. C4S.2. (5 points)
4. C4S.4. (5 points)

Chapter 5:

1. C5B.1. (5 points)
2. C5B.4 (5 points)
3. C5B.5 (10 points)
4. C5B.7 (10 points)
5. C5S.2 (10 points)
6. C5S.3 (10 points)
7. ***C5A.1 (10 points) Do this if you want to practice calculus or if you want a challenge.

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