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A. Rate your ability to use a computer on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

1 2 3 4 5

B. Rate your ability to install software on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

1 2 3 4 5

c. Rate your ability to modify software (select options, modify skins, import additional features, and so on) on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

1 2 3 4 5

D. Rate your ability to write programs using on a scale of 1 – 5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

1 2 3 4 5

E. List the names of any computer courses you've taken before. Put None if you haven't had any.

F. List the name(s) of any programming language(s) you have used to write a program. Put None if you haven't written any programs before.

G. What do you think is the output of this program fragment?
        x = 35
        y = x + 1
        z = y / 3
        print ( x, y, z)

H. What do you thnk is the output of this program fragment?
         x = 3
         sum = 0
         for i in range(5):
              sum = sum + x
        print( sum )

Please answer the following questions on this form.

1. If y = x+1 and z = y/3; then if x = 35, what is the value of z? Explain your answer.
   

2. For each of the following problems you will be combining fractions by addition, subtraction, or multiplication. Your answer must be a fraction reduced to lowest terms, and you may not use a calculator.

3. The straight-line distance from city A to city B is 311 miles. The straight-line distance from city B to city C is 175 miles. What are the smallest and the largest possible values of the straight-line distance from city A to city C.

Smallest:

Largest:

4. Write one or more questions you'd like Professor Ackermann to answer