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This is homework 1 for Math 61 in Spring 2016. These problems are due on
Friday April 1st at the beginning of lecture. Explain your answers. You should
strive for both clarity and correctness.
The first question does not require any mathematical background to solve.
(1) Draw a circle. Place 3 dots along the circumference of the circle. We want
to color the sections between the dots (each section gets exactly one color)
so that no dot is touched by two sections of the same color. How many
colors do we need? What about if we place 4 dots around the circumference
of the circle? Or 5? In general how many colors are required when you have
n dots?
(2) Section 2.4 5,6,21,22,29,47

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