#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 17a of Dr. Z.'s Math454(02) Rutgers University # Please Edit this .txt page with Answers #Email ShaloshBEkhad@gmail.com #Subject: p17a #with an attachment called #p18FirstLast.txt #(e.g. p17aDoronZeilberger.txt) #Right after finishing watching the lecture but no later than Nov. 6, 2020, 8:00pm THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS WERE: PLEASE LIST ALL THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED, AFTER EACH, BY THE ANSWER #Attendance Question 1 #Why are republicans red and democrats blue. #Attendance Answer #The New York Times and USA Today published their first full-color elections maps. The Times spread used red for Republicans because "red begins with r, Republican begins with r,". The election which didn't end until mid-December, firmly established Democrats as the blue party and Republicans as the red. #Attendance Question 2 #In the 2008 election whoever won, in how many ways could he have gotten #the exact number of electoral votes that they actually got. #Attendance Answer 2 #2251799813685248 #Attendance Question 3 #How often will we get 500*x[0]+500*x[1]? #Attendance Answer #1/2 #Attendance Question 4 #SimuCount([1$100],1/2,10000,4)[2]; #Attendance Answer #c[100] #Attendance Question 5 #Are there other countries with the electoral college system? #What is the counterpart of USEC() #Attendance Answer #Burundi, Estonia, India, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu #[3$8,4$5,5$3,6$6,7$3,8$2,9$3,10$4,11$4,12,13,14,15,16$2,18,20$2,29$2,38,55]