var GVTotalNumInSeq = 164; // total number in Algebra I course
if (typeof(GVSpecificNumInSeq) != 'undefined') {
var GVNumberInSeqSentence = "(This is exercise #"+GVSpecificNumInSeq+" of "+GVTotalNumInSeq+" total ";
GVNumberInSeqSentence += "in the online course One Mathematical Cat, Please! A First Course in Algebra.)"; }
else {
GVNumberInSeqSentence = "";
}
var clickOnNewProblem = "Click on \"new problem\" to get started!";
var pracParticularProbType = "Want to practice a particular problem type?";
var probInstructionsTypeInAns = "To get a randomly-generated practice problem, ";
probInstructionsTypeInAns += "click the \"new problem\" button above. ";
probInstructionsTypeInAns += "Type your answer in the box below, ";
probInstructionsTypeInAns += "and then press \"Enter\".";
var probInstructionsRadioButton = "To get a randomly-generated practice problem, ";
probInstructionsRadioButton += "click the \"new problem\" button above. ";
probInstructionsRadioButton += "Select the correct radio button below, ";
probInstructionsRadioButton += "and then press \"Enter\".";
var probInstructionsUntimed = "To get a randomly-generated practice problem, ";
probInstructionsUntimed += "click the \"new problem\" button above. ";
probInstructionsUntimed += "Think about your answer, ";
probInstructionsUntimed += "and then press \"Enter\".";
var typeInAnsInstructions = "Type your answer here, and then press \"Enter\":";
var timingButtonInstructions1 = "Want to time yourself?";
var timingButtonInstructions2 = "When you \"End Timing\" you'll get a summary sheet of your results. Good luck!";
var worksheetInstructions = "";
var typeDesiredNumWkshtProblems = "Type the desired number of worksheet problems here:";
var typeExtraSpaceWkshtProblems = "Want some extra work-space for each problem? Type the desired amount here (units are pixels):";
/* Carol: take out this imbedded style AFTER entire site is updated! */
var adtext = "
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return text;
}
*/
function myHeader() {
var text = table_structure(onlineTutor(),KarlSite(),videos(),rentalHome(),website_search());
return text;
}
function onlineTutor() {
var string;
string = "Shop Amazon ";
string += "and support my site";
/*
string = "Online Tutoring with Dr. Fisher
";
string += "Newest update: Horizontal and Vertical Lines";
*/
return string;
}
function seekJob() {
var string = "Professors, Researchers, Publishers: I can put your math on the web";
return string;
}
function videos() {
var string = "Videos: How to use this website";
return string;
}
function KarlSite() {
var string;
string = "Karl Finger leads ";
string += "trips around the world";
return string;
}
function KarlSite2() { // Karl's site, plus math-on-the-web
var string;
string = "Karl Finger leads ";
string += "trips around the world
";
string += "videos: how to use this website";
return string;
}
function rentalHome() {
var string;
string = "Enjoy our Vacation Rental Home";
return string;
}
/* old search engine code; updated to new (below) on 12/7/10
function website_search() {
var str;
str = "";
return str;
}
*/
function website_search() {
var str;
str = "";
str += "
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str += "
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str += " ";
str += "
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str += "
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str += " ";
str += "
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str += "
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str += " Custom Search";
str += "
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str += "
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str += "
Other math questions? Search my site here.
";
return str;
}
function table_structure2(text1,text2,text3) { // for footer
var string;
string = "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
" + text2 + "
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string += "
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return string;
}
function table_structure3(text1,text2,text3) { // for footer with both MathJax and JSXGraph notices
var string;
string = "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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return string;
}
function table_structure4(text1,text2,text3,text4) { // for footer with four slots
var string;
string = "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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return string;
}
// FunFactAmazonFormulaStr = "$\\displaystyle\\sqrt{\\frac{\\frac{F}{UN}\\cdot \\frac{F}{ACTS}}{A_{ma}+Z_{on}}} = \\sum_{n=1}^{\\infty}\\ \\int_T^H A_{nK}\\cdot S$";
// QEDSqr125GV = "";
// small photo of tree:
function topTable() {
var string;
string = "";
return string;
}
function botTable() {
var string;
string = "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
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string += "
A random "+funFact()+" about Dr. Fisher (the creator of this web site):
";
return string;
}
function rand(a,b) {
// randomly selects an integer between integers a and b
var c = Math.floor((b+1-a)*Math.random() + a);
return c;
}
function chsColor() {
var hexmat,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,hexcolor;
hexmat = ["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","9","A","B","C","D","E","F"];
col1 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
col2 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
col3 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
col4 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
col5 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
col6 = hexmat[rand(0,14)];
hexcolor = "#"+col1+col2+col3+col4+col5+col6; // global variable
return hexcolor;
}
function funFact() {
var str;
str = " ";
str += "F";
str += "U";
str += "N ";
str += "F";
str += "A";
str += "C";
str += "T";
return str;
}
function getToKnowMe() {
var numCases,str,chs;
// a completely random version, for each content page
// I've chosen a few favorites; complete list is in linkUnderMainTitle.htm
// All the ones here have a MAX of 4 lines
numCases = 58; // update every time you add something new, Carol!
chs = rand(1,numCases);
switch (chs) {
case 1:
str = "My favorite number is 7.";
break;
case 2:
str = "I was born on August 28, 1958. (You do the math!)";
break;
case 3:
str = "I have one daughter, Julia. She got her undergraduate degree in math from Carleton College. ";
str += "She's currently in graduate school in Arizona.";
break;
case 4:
str = "When we fostered a litter of kittens, I named the tiniest one Epsilon. ";
str += "(It's a math thing. If you've had Calculus, you'll get it.)";
break;
case 5:
str = "I live in Monterey, Massachusetts. I consider myself a country girl.";
break;
case 6:
str = "I (try to) walk three to four miles each day. ";
str += "I do some of my best thinking on my walks.";
break;
case 7:
str = "I love to swing. (On swings.) We've got two tree swings.";
break;
case 8:
str = "I have a lifelong love affair with trees. ";
str += "One of my dreams is to live in a tree house.";
break;
case 9:
str = "I play a mean game of ping-pong. Low, fast, defensive. ";
str += "When I was an undergrad at UMass, I drove the guys crazy. ";
str += "I'd just return everything. Eventually, they'd slam it off the table!";
break;
case 10:
str = "My favorite color is green. (Green, blue, purple—all pretty close.)";
break;
case 11:
str = "I believe we have great power to heal ourselves. ";
str += "I think the greatest health advances in the next century ";
str += "will come from from tapping into our own abilities to self-heal.";
break;
case 12:
str = "I love chocolate. Milk, dark, white—I'm not picky. ";
str += "(I love Idaho Spud bars. They're hard to find out my way...)";
break;
case 13:
str = "I call one of my daily philosophies “the little Prince approach”. ";
str += "I just try to accomplish a little bit every day. ";
str += "After a while, it adds up. (My web site is a good example.)";
break;
case 14:
str = "I vacuum to keep my life in order. ";
str += "(My house filters never get very dirty, ";
str += "since I vacuum so much.)";
break;
case 15:
str = "My Myers-Briggs personality type is INTJ: Introverted, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging.";
break;
case 16:
str = "I love a lot of Elton John's songs, particularly the older stuff he did with Bernie Taupin. ";
str += "(I play them on the piano, and add harmonies. I'm an alto.)";
break;
case 17:
str = "In college, I played the piano and sang coffee-houses with a friend of mine, who sang tenor. ";
str += "I love to sing.";
break;
case 18:
str = "I went to Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. ";
str += "(I was the valedictorian.)";
break;
case 19:
str = "I type really fast (well over 100 words per minute). ";
str += "In college, I typed papers to make money. ";
str += "I still have my selectric typewriter (with custom math elements).";
break;
case 20:
str = "My daughter and I read books together every day of her life ";
str += "(without missing a day) until about age ten. ";
str += "We have an enormous library of children's books.";
break;
case 21:
str = "My strong preference is to get to bed early and get up early. ";
str += "I've always been a morning person.";
break;
case 22:
str = "I was a cell-phone late-comer. ";
str += "Didn't make much sense, since we have no service (yet) in Monterey.";
break;
case 23:
str = "I want to hike every national park in the United States. ";
str += "I love to hike.";
break;
case 24:
str = "When my daughter spent a year in Taiwan, I visited her. ";
str += "When she volunteered at an orphanage in Peru, ";
str += "we hiked Colca Canyon (intense!) and Machu Picchu.";
break;
case 25:
str = "I was married for 20 years. ";
break;
case 26:
str = "I drink whole milk and I cook with real butter. ";
str += "I try to avoid anything with “partially hydrogenated” in the ingredients.";
break;
case 27:
str = "I believe in moderation in all things. ";
str += "(Even moderation in moderation. ";
str += "You need to go overboard on some stuff, like math-on-the-web.)";
break;
case 28:
str = "The “J.V.” in my name stands for “Jane Vreeland”. ";
str += "Jane is my father's birth-mother's name. ";
str += "Vreeland is my maiden name.";
break;
case 29:
str = "I had my first pair of glasses by age 7. ";
str += "As a teenager and younger adult, I wore hard contacts. ";
str += "I was classic—at age 40, I needed bifocals.";
break;
case 30:
str = "I love velcro.";
break;
case 31:
str = "I have loved a golden retriever named Jesse. ";
str += "(Photos of her are here; the link opens in a new window.)";
break;
case 32:
str = "I like puzzles. ";
str += "One of my students at Miss Hall's School ";
str += "gave me a Japanese puzzle box, which I treasure.";
break;
case 33:
str = "I prefer ‘natural’. My home is filled with wood, stone, tile. ";
str += "(My Dad's dad made woodenware, using tiny wooden pegs instead of nails.)";
break;
case 34:
str = "Since 1999, I've put about 6500 hours into this site. (More every day.) ";
str += "It's my passion. It gives meaning to my life.";
break;
case 35:
str = "One of my favorite things to do ";
str += "is sit with a cup of tea in front of my woodstove ";
str += "and collect my thoughts.";
break;
case 36:
str = "I believe that out of discipline comes flexibility.";
break;
case 37:
str = "I prefer very casual attire. ";
str += "(If I could, I'd always wear jeans.)";
break;
case 38:
str = "I keep my email inbox practically empty. ";
str += "If I get more than three to four emails in there, ";
str += "I have to go thru them immediately.";
break;
case 39:
str = "I'm not a good multi-tasker. ";
str += "But, I'm a fantastic single-tasker.";
break;
case 40:
str = "I like things that are in my locus of control. ";
str += "(For example, I prefer a hand can-opener to an electric one.)";
break;
case 41:
str = "I'm the least picky eater I know. ";
str += "Make me something, and I'll enjoy it and be appreciative. ";
str += "(If it's spicy, I'll definitely need sour cream.)";
break;
case 42:
str = "TeX transformed my professional life the first time. ";
str += "MathML + MathPlayer transformed it the second time. ";
str += "MathJax + JSXGraph transformed it the third time.";
break;
case 43:
str = "I'm very organized. ";
str += "(I love my label-maker.)";
break;
case 44:
str = "For breakfast, I typically have bran cereal or oatmeal. ";
str += "(Always with blueberries or raspberries, that I picked myself and froze.)";
break;
case 45:
str = "The O'Reilly “in-a-nutshell” books are my favorites ";
str += "for learning any new technical skill. ";
str += "(I tend to submit errata—I'm a good proof-reader.)";
break;
case 46:
str = "Crosswinds.net has been my web server from the very beginning. ";
str += "I love them. There's a real person on the other end.";
break;
case 47:
str = "When I use my credit card, ";
str += "I immediately subtract the amount in my checkbook. ";
str += "I never get any surprises, and I always live within my means.";
break;
case 48:
str = "Here's my undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, ";
str += "University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 1981";
break;
case 49:
str = "I got a Master's degree enroute to my doctorate: Master of Arts in Mathematics, ";
str += "University of Oklahoma, Norman, May 1984 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)";
break;
case 50:
str = "Here's my doctorate: Doctor of Arts in Mathematics, ";
str += "Idaho State University, Pocatello, May 1994 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)";
break;
case 51:
str = "My dissertation title: ";
str += "“Detecting Hidden Periodicities in Discrete-Domain Data” ";
str += "(in other words: finding hidden patterns in data sets)";
break;
case 52:
str = "I'll never forget when I saw my first stereogram. ";
str += "It was hard for me—took about 3 hours. ";
str += "What a thrill when that 3D image emerged from the page!";
break;
case 53:
str = "I have one older brother, one older sister, and two younger sisters. ";
str += "(So, I'm a middle child.)";
break;
case 54:
str = "Every day, I try to do something good for my mind, my body, and my spirit.";
break;
case 55:
str = "I love whipped cream. ";
str += "For example, people might say to me: ";
str += "“Would you like some hot chocolate with your whipped cream?”";
break;
case 56:
str = "my parenting philosophy: do everything with love as the basis; ";
str += "then, you can make a bunch of mistakes ";
str += "and everything will still turn out fine";
break;
case 57:
str = "I want you to see my ads—but not while you're doing math. ";
str += "So, I keep my big ads (and fun facts) at the top/bottom. ";
str += "(Sometimes there's a small ‘support me’ link in the middle.)";
break;
case 58:
str = "I ran a lot as a young adult. ";
str += "My best five-mile time was 30 minutes, 12 seconds. ";
str += "(Just a bit slower than 6-minute pace.)";
break;
} // end switch
return str;
}
function MathJaxNotice() {
var string;
/*
string = "
This page has been updated to use MathJax, ";
string += "so you should see beautiful mathematics on all major platforms and browsers. ";
string += "Please let me know if you experience any problems: ";
string += "
";
*/
string = topTable();
return string;
}
function MathJaxNoticeGlobal() {
var string;
string = topTable();
return string;
}
function MathJaxAndJSXGraphNotice() {
var string;
string = topTable();
return string;
}
function myFooter() { // use in Algebra I course
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure2(foot1(),foot2(),foot3());
return text;
}
/*
function myFooterMathJax() { // use in Algebra I course
var text;
text = table_structure2(foot1(),foot2MathJax(),foot3());
return text;
}
*/
function myFooterMathJax() { // use in Algebra I course
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure4(foot1(),donation(),foot2MathJax(),foot3());
return text;
}
// modified on November 7, 2010 to merge MathJax and JSXGraph
function myFooterMathJaxAndJSXGraph() { // use in Algebra I course
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure4(foot1(),donation(),foot2MathJaxAndJSXGraph(),foot3());
return text;
}
function myFooterGlobal() { // can be used anywhere; uses absolute (not relative) URLs
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure2(foot1(),foot2Global(),foot3Global());
return text;
}
function myFooterGlobalMathJax() { // can be used anywhere; uses absolute (not relative) URLs
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure4(foot1(),donation(),foot2MathJax(),foot3Global());
return text;
}
function myFooterGlobalMathJaxAndJSXGraph() { // can be used anywhere; uses absolute (not relative) URLs
var text;
text = botTable();
text += table_structure2(foot1(),foot2MathJaxAndJSXGraph(),foot3Global());
return text;
}
function linksBelowHomepageLink() { // links from Algebra I curriculum
var str;
str = "Check out my online courses: ";
str += "Algebra I ";
str += "Geometry ";
str += "Algebra II";
str += adtext;
return str;
}
function linksBelowHomepageLinkGeom() { // links from Geometry curriculum
var str;
str = "Check out my other pages including about 250 web exercises like this one: ";
str += "Algebra I ";
str += "Geometry ";
str += "Algebra II";
// str = "Table of Contents for the Geometry course \"One Mathematical Cat, Please!\" ";
str += adtext;
return str;
}
function linksBelowHomepageLinkAlgII() { // links from Algebra II curriculum
var str;
str = "Check out my other pages including about 250 web exercises like this one: ";
str += "Algebra I ";
str += "Geometry ";
str += "Algebra II";
str += adtext;
return str;
}
/* changed on October 27, 2010 to StatCounter.com, due to dg.specificclick.net cookie
Started at 311,735 visitors and pageloads; only count unique visitors (within 30 minutes)
*/
function foot1() {
var str;
str = " ";
str += "copyright 2004–2010 Dr. Carol J.V. Fisher ";
/*
str += "";
str += "";
str += "";
str += "";
*/
return str;
}
/* old SiteMeter code
str = str + "";
str = str + "";
str = str + "";
str = str + "";
str = str + "";
*/
function foot2() {
var str;
str = donation();
return str;
}
// from Algebra I curriculum
function foot2MathJax() {
var str;
str = "";
return str;
}
function foot2MathJaxAndJSXGraph() {
var str;
str = "
![\"Google\"](\"http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_999999.gif\")
";
str += " ![](\"../../AdImages/QEDsmall.png\")
";
// small photo of tree: ![](\"http://www.onemathematicalcat.org/AdImages/TreeForAd.png\")
function topTable() {
var string;
string = "";
return string;
}
function botTable() {
var string;
string = "
";
return str;
}
function foot2MathJaxAndJSXGraph() {
var str;
str = "![\"Powered](\"http://onemathematicalcat.org/graphics/MathJaxBadge.gif\" "\\"Powered")
![\"Creative](\"../../graphics/cc_somerights.gif\")