2. How many positive integers less than 1000 are multiples of 5 or 7? Explain your answer using t...
i. How many 5-letter passwords (letters may be repeated) can be created from the monkey type- writer from Q1 if it is forbidden for a password to begin and end with the same letter? Answer: 11. Using the monkey typewriter from Q1, how many 8-letter words are there consisting of 8 distinct letters that contain the word 'APE' (as 3 consecutive) letters within the 8-letter word? Answer: iii. Suppose that a group of 9 inhabitants of the Island of Knights...
1 Overview and Background Many of the assignments in this course will introduce you to topics in computational biology. You do not need to know anything about biology to do these assignments other than what is contained in the description itself. The objective of each assignment is for you to acquire certain particular skills or knowledge, and the choice of topic is independent of that objective. Sometimes the topics will be related to computational problems in biology, chemistry, or physics,...