Assignment 3
Due Mar 19, 2012
Scanned questions are here.
Undergrads
Exercise 5.8.4 and 5.8.5 from the textbook
(no working in pairs for 5.8.5)
For 5.8.4, you should assume that the pedals of the bicycle drive
the rear wheel and that the forward velocity v is the forward velocity
of the rear wheel.
For 5.8.5, you should implement your algorithm in Matlab.
You should use your algorithm to draw 1,000 random samples
for each of the five sets of values of the control parameters given in the
table. Submit your Matlab files using the command
submit 4421 a3 your-matlab-files
Grads
Exercise 5.8.4, 5.8.5, and 5.8.8 from the textbook
(same instructions as for the undergrads).